so the lady didn't really call animal control on me. i walked outside the library after my last update, and swayze was laying outside in the shade chillin' like a villian. not even panting. the lady was crazy... the librarian even walked outside and told me so. she apologized and was really nice. a few miles north of there, i met up with danielle from v.i. she lives in harpers ferry, and she picked us up and took us to the post office and the ATC and i got a hot shower at her house and an awesome bed and amazing cookies. mmm... haha i think i ate half of a batch of cookies that first night. harpers ferry was an awesome milestone for us; it's the traditional halfway point where the appalachian trail conservancy is. i met back up with a few hiking friends that i hadn't seen in a while and met some new faces. i got to hike with birch and magic mix for a few days... i was so excited to finally meet stk lady killa, magic's kitty! :) we did a 30 mile day to get to pine grove furnace state park, the home of the half gallon challenge. i am the proud owner of a little wooden spoon that says "member of the half gal club." :D i ate a half gallon of cookies 'n' cream in less than an hour... 2,700 calories, 160g of fat, and 128% of my daily calcium needs in pure, cold goodness. i even got freezer-burn tongue. :) i hiked with magic and birch until boiling springs, where i wound up taking my first zero in FIFTEEN days! i was so proud of myself... haha. i took a zero for a good cause, too. jillian sent me a facebook message saying she lives half an hour from boiling springs, so if i needed anything to just let her know. when i asked her where an outfitter was, she gave me her dad's number and her dad came and picked us up and took us to dick's to get a new pair of shoes... my shoes were dead. the soles were coming off and my feet got wet every time it rained. after i bought my new kicks, we headed to the stock car races! =) hahaha... we went to the track in mechanicsville, pa. it was kids' night, and i got to jump in a moon jump! and we got free snow cones! and there were FIREWORKS! :) it was basically an awesome time with awesome people. after the races, jill's dad took us back to boiling springs and we pitched our tent in the yard of a really nice local. we just now hit the rocks that pennsylvania's famous for this morning... we'll see how bad it gets here in the next few days. i met a southbounder today who said the rattlers are really bad from here north to jersey... he showed us the rattle of the snake that he killed yesterday and ate for dinner. he's pretty hardcore, haha. 

hmm. i should go find somewhere to take a shower. i'm pretty stinky.