Obsession
Posted on | February 8, 2010 | Comments Off
My planning guides and books and maps are not here yet. I have no work to do right now to get ready for the trail. Except to hike. And I’m doing that. I was talking with Jeff this afternoon about the PCT hike, and had to cut it short in order to get on the trail before the rain hit. Again. Didn’t make it. But. I did have a $4.99 Walgreens umbrella. Ha. Take that rain shower.
Anyway. All I have are a bunch of DVDs about the Pacific Crest Trail. And soon I will have watched them all. And will have to start over.
It keeps getting hammered into me that we live in an unstable environment. The fires in southern California made national news. And there is a big section of the trail that is closed, and is likely to be closed for several years. The re-route has not been determined by the Forest Service, because it is still raining. And the land has not settled. I think the land on the East Coast, specifically the Appalachian Trail does not change as much as the PCT does. Anyway.
I’m hiking two hours a day now. And I’ll take it to three hours next week. It feels good. Very good.
I am having difficulty sleeping. I am imagining each of the miles of the first day’s hike.
Walk well. God is love.
