Destination: Jerry's Cabin
Today's miles: 15.4
Total miles: 301.3
I felt like we had slept in today and implored Magge to get ready before realizing it wasn't even 7:00am yet. I just can't wait to get on the trail, I guess. Once on the trail, we made pretty good time over the first eight miles until we got to a shelter and took a break. Magge took a little nap and we ended up spending nearly 45 minutes there.
Our momentum never returned, and we slogged through the biggest climb of the day. At the top, I thought the rest of the day would be easy, but that wasn't the case. We had a 1.5 mile stretch bracketing Big Firescald Knob that was covered in large rocks that slowed us down considerably. In the end, the 15 miles took us a little longer than I thought it would, but I'm pleased that what would have been a huge day three weeks ago is now a normal day. We've got another 15 miles planned for tomorrow and it looks like they'll all be in the rain, so we're mentally preparing ourselves.
There was a woman sick with the norovirus in the middle of the tent sites at the shelter today. She had to be evacuated via ATVs. Despite our resolution to stay out of shelters, I didn't want to tent close to where she probably threw up all day, so we went ahead and set ourselves up in the shelter. Fingers crossed.
Big milestone today: 300 miles completed.
Fifteen miles at the beginning at the trip would have been very taxing and strenuous but 29 days later you make it seem like a walk in the park even though the terrain is/could be rocky and slippery.
ReplyDeleteQuite the milestone! Wow, hitting those miles out of the park and so is the norovirus!
Congrats on mile 300! The norovirus is scary stuff. We just returned from a great graduation cermony for our first Circle Leader class. Yay good day all around. Love you both
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