That "stroll" turned into a serious hike, about 2 miles longer than we expected. Ran out of water towards the end.
Also towards the end, we got off in the approximate mileposts but the early ones were fine.
At first, we looked hard for souvenirs, finally started finding and carrying spikes and tie plates and rail braces. Towards the end, we were all bushed and started dumping them again. But I did get out with a few spikes and a coupe of rail braces.
A couple of things we learned: take more water, and photocopy the pages you Neff instead of taking the whole book!
Would love to make the trip again, though.
Mike Conder