***A note from the webmaster for those of you wondering about Steph's knee...the doctor told her that it's a bit overworked, but doing well. She also visited with a hike-specialist of sorts who helped her lighten the load--literally. He weeded through her supplies and pulled out a few unneccessary items. I'm not sure of her current pack weight.**
Today felt good to move; the knee was good for most of the day but I need to remember to take my advil 3x daily to control the joint pain. I'm going to try to set up a standard heading that tracks forward progress, so here goes (let me know if I should add anything).
Starting point: Neel's Gap
Ending point: Low Gap Shelter
Todays mileage: 10.6 mi
Total mileage: 41.3 mi
Note: my sister Stacy gave me some monster vitamins to take while I'm hiking, and I really appreciate it because I know they are good stuff, however, I am going to reserve one complaint. They make me toot. Not just in the morning after I take them, no, I toot all day long straight into the night. And not little cute girl toots, these scare me! Well, as long as they keep me healthy, I guess I will continue to take them. I just feel bad for my neighbors in the shelters!
Walked the ridge for most of today- got some good photos of the hills and valleys. Oh, and stuff I called bellwort on day one was actually solamons seal - it's blooming now, and so is nodding bellwort.
Trail life is a little different than regular life, but not by much. I still get up, use the bathroom, wash up, I eat breakfast on a regular basis now, and then I go to "work", I mean start hiking.
Posted by steph at May 2, 2004 11:12 PM