Just because....

This morning I woke up at 6:30 AM. 

Yes, you read that correctly... I was in fact wide awake at 6:30 in the morning... except that since I don't have a tent to tear down or a pack to pack anymore I didn't quite know what to do with myself.  Weird.  I have never ever ever been a morning person.  NEVER.  However, I guess 6 weeks of being up and at 'em first thing in the morning is going to take a while to wear off!  (wink).

My thoughts are too jumbled, my mind too overwhelmed right now to tell you things that are deep and meaninginful.  It is still very, very, very strange to me that this is not a zero day and I am not hiking. I'm still trying to put it all together and figure it all out... I kind of feel like I am in a fog... strange.

SO, my camera battery died on the last night I was on the trail and today Lindsay sent me these two pictures.  SO I am sharing them with you... aren't you lucky?!

This is Patrick, me and Pat on our last morning. 

This picture makes me smile. A. LOT.

(even if that makes me a "real girl".)

This is Lindsay and I hiking in Grayson Highlands that same morning.

I was attempting to convince her that she should be an outdoors woman like me.

I do believe I MAY have convinced her... or at least started down that path...

Mountains are meant to be climbed... why shouldn't we be the ones to do it?

How did I get so blessed to have such amazing friends?

I may be all jumbled and confused, but I will tell you this...

I am a very very thankful jumbled and confused.