Into Maryland he goes...

Tom has made his way through West Virginia into Maryland in the midst of some pretty significant rainstorms. He tells me that he will be hiking in wet shoes today.


state line-West Virginia and Virginia

 He did get officially registered at the Appalachian Trail Headquarters yesterday. 

 

Then he crossed spot where  the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers join.

 

Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers

 

Jefferson Rock is on the Appalachian Trail and a Historical Spot because it is the location where Thomas Jefferson stood in 1793 and overlooks Potomac and Shenandoah rivers. A rock was named in this spot as "Jefferson Rock."

 

Jefferson Rock

It is a short trek in West Virginia then Tom arrived in Maryland yesterday also.

 

 

Maryland makes it as state number six and should not be long and he arrives in Pennsylvania by Thursday.