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[Matt]

RE: June 1. On Wednesday, we got to use our water bladder in an unexpected way. As we were walking up a mountain, we came upon a man whose car radiator was overheated. To the driver's delight, we gave him some of our water to cool his engine. (For those of you who don't know what a water bladder is, it is a container that straps on your back with a small water hose to drink from.)

The mountains are definitely a challenge; we went up and down two today. After 31 miles, we stopped walking and decided to camp at the Friendly Village Campground (Campsite 134) in Bedford, PA. The stop here has definitely been a friendly one. While checking in, a nice couple asked where we were headed with the stroller. Eventually the couple bought us ice cream and ponchos, and they are charging our cell phone overnight. The ponchos will come in handy tomorrow as we are supposed to get more rain. Both the terrain and weather have made parts of our trip challenging.

Camped next to us tonight is a Polish guy whose first name is Wojtek. He lives in New Jersey and is bicycling across the U.S. Wojtek said he saw us going up a mountain and wondered who would be pushing a baby up a mountain in a stroller. It was really fun to talk to him and share our similar goals. I think he might have been relieved to discover equipment--and not a baby--in our stroller.

My leg is a little better; of course, I am still "duck walking" to compensate for the swelling.

We still have no Internet access; our parents are posting for us after we call home at night. Today we got the voice mail working on the cell phone and are happy about that.

Tony found the NBC25 broadcast script on-line; you can read it by clicking on the ABOUT THE RUN tab and then clicking on IN THE NEWS.