When this blog posts, I hope to be about two fifths of the way through my solo trip for the year.
The sun would have risen by the 8:15 posting time. I’ll be already an hour or so on the trail if everything goes according to plan.
And I’ll be heading to the rendezvous with my husband at the halfway point of the journey. Maybe I’ll make 10 miles by 10 am, a feat often desired by long distance thru hikers.
Or maybe it will take me a little longer.
I hope to wash my hair when I meet up with him, because I tend to get headaches if I go for more than three or four days without washing my hair. Leaving the shampoo with my husband and the resupply allows me to save a little weight.
I spent Saturday finalizing my packing. I had been working on it in a piecemeal sort of way that I’m pretty sure drove my husband to distraction in the last couple weeks, but Saturday is when it all came together. I checked everything on my list and weighed the pack.
On Sunday begins the drive. On Monday begins the hike. Today will mark the halfway point.