Down the long, straight, shaded trail, we saw the small silhouette of a person. As we hiked along, the image slowly grew until we finally caught up to Pat, another westbound hiker. Our good timing allowed us to stop for a lunch break in Brill and visit with Pat.
Pat's from Waupaca and has been hiking parts of the trail since April. He plans to finish next week at the West terminus.
We're walking together and swapping stories to pass the time, but we just reached the 1,000-mile mark. So, here's the pic of Pat and I - that's 10 100-mile hands. :-)
Pat's blog is at http://iceagetrailhiker2013.wordpress.com
Pat also knows Kehly who is thru-hiking and has a blog at http://kehlymae.wordpress.com