New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine stand before me. It almost feels like a race to get there now. I must finish before Baxter State Park closes and I must finish before my funds diminish... Which may be sooner than I anticipate. Having to buy and update gear, eating hot food when I can find it, and staying in hostels/hotels for a bed and shower all add up very quickly. I've had a lot of help along the way that can't and doesn't go unnoticed and unappreciated.
Ill be dropped off in my "bubble" where I left off, so I'll be hiking with the same crew. Chef will still be at home loving his house-dog life on the couch. I'm going to miss all of my family and friends, but the next two months will fly by. New adventures, terrain, and views await me. Excitement fills my body as I can only imagine what's ahead- river fords, scaling the Whites, and the 100 mile wilderness to name a few of the challenges. I'll give all that I have to finish and when I summit Mount Katahdin, it will be unexplainable. The thought of it now is overwhelming, so for now, it's one foot in front of the other.
This picture is me at the half way point. It's actually last year's half way point, but the post for last year's was so much more gratifying than this year's.
Lame half way sign for this year's thru hikers.If you'd like to help fund my trip and get me to Maine I have a go fund me page. It will only be used for food, lodging, and gear. If for whatever reason I don't finish or have left over funds from the go fund me page, it will be donated to Appalachain Trail Conservency.
Last year's sign does look much better! And halfway! Wow! It's all downhill from here....well, maybe not so much. :-)
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ReplyDeleteHalf way!!!!!!! That's great!! But yeah the sign. Why does the halfway point change?
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