In Damascus public library, and the little popup window gave me 10 minutes left on my session, so not much talking.
Started hiking before the leaves were out. Some of the first plants to come up are now dying. Seasons!
4 states! 460-some miles! Virginia!
Slow as molasses. Couple more 18s, but they screw me over. Shin splints right now. Awfully prone to overuse injury, it seems.
So that means unless I flip and still winter hike, no thru. So what's my destination? What's my quest? Where am I going? I'm open.
As I hike, I note places near road crossings that are beautiful. I note short routes of mostly downhill or really easy stuff, where I'd take a first-time backpacker. I really want to take my mom out here. Weekend it, and we can fit a full-size air mattress!
Unaka Mtn was one of the latest beauties. Spruce and fir, widely spaced. So green. Jeramiah and I note such places as elven. Sometimes we pretend orcs and dragons are in the woods. Sometimes we pretend an evil sorceress is controlling the weather. It's fun times.
But I gotta go! I'll try to post again tomorrow!
1 comment:
I remember Unaka Mtn! Because the trees were planted so uniformly, I almost got lost! Fortunately, there were some nice ladies hiking ahead of me that had already found the way.
Gotta love reforestation :-) Keep up the good pace! Have fun!
-Horsefly
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