Scouts Hike 100 Miles in 8 Days

Fredericksburg, Virginia's Free Lance-Star reports the local Boy Scout news that "Two Scouts and two adult leaders from Boy Scout Troop 170 completed an eight-day, 100-mile backpacking trip on the Appalachian Trail. The boys--Danny Strock, 13, and John Alberto, 15--are two of the troop's veteran backpackers." They hiked south out of Rockfish Gap.