Having remained stationary, there has been less reason to report our progress these months of May and June. That is about to change as we relocate to our little house on South Mountain in Pennsylvania next week, but there we have no Internet access and only poor telephone access, so I provide this update of the pilgrims’ progress. We have enjoyed our stay at Ft. Wilderness Campground. Although a bit rustic, i.e. ill maintained, it is off the main road and at the edge of forests and fields. It is usually very free of traffic noise and there is a morning chorus of wood thrushes. Our neighbors are an interesting and quirky group. A Confederate flag is proudly displayed on one trailer within my view now. Another neighbor climbed back on his motorbike within days of walking away from the wheelchair into which the bike had put him. Of course each weekend there is a new group of short-timers. I suspect that this weekend the campground will fill completely. We will leave on Sunday. Anne has enjoyed her work and co-workers. She and they are sorry to separate. Today there will be a small lunch party for her. Still, medicine is hard and challenging work, and she is ready to complete it. The income has helped us to manage the sharp price increases we have seen this year. Chuck never managed to catch the attention of the tribe and managed the household and caught up on our personal business. The Internet has not made the process any easier. Keeping track of all the codes and passwords is a nightmare, and the websites often do not provide obvious links. Telephone communication has also become a bit of a maze too. In any case he kept busy and we ate much better than when we were on the road. He also learned more of the Eastern Cherokee. Theirs is a fascinating history. On weekends we explored the mountains and forests. Our children visited together for five days. We whitewater paddled, hiked, explored Cherokee Town, watched fireflies, dined out, visited an art show, and shared food, drink, and conversations. On our return to the airport we enjoyed a clear view of Cold Mountain and stood in the wind at the base of Looking Glass Falls. This last Saturday the two of us made the sturdy hike up Mt. LeConte, a popular 6K peak on the Tennessee side of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. On Sunday we merely walked up the Mingus Creek Trail and past an operating 19th Century steel turbine powered gristmill. There we chatted with the volunteer miller whom we had met on an earlier visit. This Thursday Anne is off and we will visit old friends of Chuck in Georgia. Anne works on Friday and we will pack on Saturday. On Sunday we will drive only as far as Roan Mountain, Tennessee where we will camp for two nights and see how the spectacular rosebay rhododendron patch for which that mountain is famous is doing. Then on Tuesday we will cross into Virginia and camp at its popular Grayson Highlands State Park. We will there check out the Rhod’ies in the Mount Rogers area. We will stay there for two nights also and then drive home on the 3rd of July in time to celebrate the holiday weekend with Chuck’s parents. We will be at home more or less in July except we will run up to Schenectady to visit family and see some Lake George opera and will be depart Pennsyvania again at the end of the month to backpack about Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts in September and October with a break to Cape Cod at the end of August and beginning of September. In October, after a short break, we may walk some more and pick up a last piece of the Appalachian Trail in New York and Connecticut. If we do it all, we will have finished all of the AT north of Virginia. Then we will return again to Pennsylvania for the rest of the fall. No plans yet for this winter.