Accumulated miles: 1400 something
Oh Maine... Maine is kicking my butt!! It is beautiful and good and I am loving it... but they have some serious mountains here! When they say Maine is one of the hardest states on the trail its no joke!! Although I feel good and know I can walk up those big hills, its still wearing me out!
It seems there are two groups of hikers at this point on the trail... first, the ones who want badly to be done and are moving up the trail with the single minded focus on the end. I get it. Its definitely tiring and walking day in and day out wears out your body... and is tedious. Then there are those who are dragging it out, extending these days... not ready for it to end.
I think I fall somewhere in between... I am tired, my body is sore, and sometimes the walking is tedious... but I am also still enjoyng the journey and not ready to see it end quite yet. Of course, I know I have some skipped sections to make up, so I havent walked quite as far as some people... but after more than 1400 miles I am still in love with the journey... and amazed that I have been blessed to be on it!
Its crazy... this whole idea of walking a long, long way... all the way up the east coast really... and I still sometimes wonder what it is that motivates me to walk... but even on cold, rainy mornings I can see the beauty of these moments... and really that is what the journey is about for me... simple beauty.
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