Accumulated miles: 1340ish
It's crazy... but I have walked to Maine. INSANITY!! I don't even know what to say about that, so I'll leave it at... I stinkin walked to Maine!
The last few days on the trail have been tough. We did the "hardest mile" on the trail, which was actually a lot of fun rock climbing and scrambling... but it has been rainy and COLD and today there was a good bit of ice on Old Speck Mtn and it snowed on top of Baldplate, while the wind howled. It's been hard, no lie, but beautiful. Today we slack packed 10 of the 15 miles, which mean we left our packs and walked... it was unexpected and WONDERFUL and now we're staying at a hostel... while it is supposed to be in the 20s tonight in the mountains... ahhhh!
Hard days... but hiking is amazing... so I thought _ would tell you the things I LOVE about being a thru hiker... here goes... beautiful sunrises and sunsets over lakes and mountains, dessert at every meal (even breakfast), mornings in the mountains when I get uninterupted prayer time (daily), hiking with my friend "SweetCheeks" who makes me laugh every day, feeling accomplished when I haul myself up a big mountain, the beauty of nature, the changing leaf colors, unexpected friendships, eating anything I want, clean sock day (!), climbing huge rocks, no tv or phones, knowing I can walk 20 miles any day I choose to, and (among other things) the simplicity of living in the mountains. I'm blessed
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