Happy Appy Man

With 11 hours in the car, you can only chat about life for so long. This rental car rocked our world with Sirius Radio. We don't even know how many radio stations we could actually get, but we know that at one point we were listening to the traffic report for San Diego. Killer. Sirius. Radio.
Shortly after passing the PA welcome sign, there was a guy walking above the highway. He was decked out in full camping gear. Seems odd, but then there was an Appalachian Trail sign. After passing him, Kait suggested that we should've stopped to get his story. Ya know, maybe he was a cancer survivor and this was his dream. Maybe he had cancer and this was his last goal in life. Maybe his Aunt had cancer and he was raising money for her... the possibilities are endless.

Ma pulled a U-Turn and we hiked into a backyard that had "No Trespassing" signs all over and a plastic guard dog chained to a tree. Plastic. Turns out this hike didn't have anything to do with cancer (that we know of) He just works for the Parks Place. BUT he was from Tennessee and he had hiked to New Hampshire. He was on his way back- he had been at it for 3 months. Pretty impressive.

We didn't get his name, but we named him the Happy Appy Man. When we got back to the car, Ma said that she considered giving him a ride to town to get his stove fixes. Um yes, and that is how Kait&Shelly ended up on the CBS/48 Hours Mysteries show.