July 18 Mile 1154 ( I think)

Day 100! By Cisco's calculation, deducting the two weeks we took off for the wedding and the return to Atlanta, we have been out here 100 days. We have 89 days left, before the end park in Maine closes. That's every North Bound (Nobo) hiker's deadline-October 15. So,
52.9% of the time has past, and we have completed 53.0 % of the trail. Right on schedule, I suppose.
This was not a very interesting hiking day. We felt like we were back in southern VA. After hiking 2 miles thru the town of Duncannon, we crossed the Susquehana River. It is wide! Perhaps the widest river we have crossed so far. Glad there was a bridge.
The town is what I would call one of those northern "hard at work" towns. All the houses and buildings are scrunched together, and most things were probably built pre WW II. The RR track is between the town and the river, so it hard to get a view from town. It was not a village, like Boiling Springs.
After crossing the river, we went straight up the ridge, but it's only about 500 ft up. Then hiked Peter's Mountain all day over boulders and rocks, a fairly level ridge for the entire day. Only one or two views the entire day. The only thing that made it interesting were the rocks and boulders.
I was able to better pad my feet today, after a visit to Rite-Aid, so the hike felt better. Also talked to Winton at Mountain Crossings in Neels Gap, and he is sending me new shoe inserts. That should help too.
After hiking about 15 miles or so, our two guidebooks had different information on where we were. Very frustrating, as water is very difficult to locate here, and we didn't know how much further we needed to go to find a spring. It was about 7 PM and we were tired, we saw a campsite off the trail - no water there- but decided to take it anyway, as we can ration our water tonight, and should be a mile or so from a source tomorrow morning. Just can't turn on the tap out here. Water is key to all your planning.
Warm day- high 80s and warm evening, but no rain tonight, so we can sleep with the fly cover off the tent, which will make it a little cooler.
In bed early tonight, it was a long hiking day for us. Not sure why.