I had a really nice hike today. Yesterday's zero day helped tremendously with letting our muscles recover, and several hikers that braved the storm told stories of icicles on their tents and backpacks, strong winds, and cold temps. Laura and I are so glad to have missed that storm. Lots and lots of hikers did what we did and stayed in town. Good call!
Milestones are important to the psyche when you're doing something extreme like this for so long. It gives us something to look forward to. Today we hit a big milestone of reaching the border of North Carolina. That felt so good. The next milestone is getting to the Smokies and hiking through that section. About a week after that, Theresa (my wife) and Eric (Laura's fiancé) are picking us up and taking us home to West Virginia for a few days. We are both looking very much forward to that. Ooh, I can't wait!
Yay!!!!!
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