eckville shelter to palmerton

left shelter at 630. hiked hard seeing nobody till PA 309. saw a restaurant from road crossing . went in Draggin was there from Cheshire. we are a great burger. owner mike was a great guy. the hike sucked 25 miles over tortuous rocks. my toes are killing. ran into Bacondog mom at the trail head. she was waiting for him visiting from buffalo. got into palmerton had a pizza and a ice cream sundae. checked into the jail. hung out with Shakes for a bit. took a shower under a power hose community shower. walked through an old gym an nailed a 3 pointer. 

ressupplied at a store