Accept What’s Coming – Fox’s AT Thru Hike – Day 72

One of the things that the OT has taught me is to accept things. On any given day, I will learn something that will make a decision I made earlier that day less good. Sometimes I just think of a different path, but it’s too late to apply it. There’s no use stressing about this. I don’t mean that one should not learn for the future. But regretting previous decisions is of no use to me. After all, I can’t go back and change them.

How important is this today? Things looked very good on the map. The elevation profile showed a climb and miles of fast travel. What it didn’t show was the mud and rocks. Those slowed travel significantly.

On the other hand, the views today were incredible. And the forests… multiple sections with open forest and low ferns or grasses. In the morning they were bathed in fog, turning the darling and the turkey into ghosts. I can easily imagine folklore and myths arising from this type of forest.

So was it a good plan? I have no idea. The day was more challenging than expected. I’m here at 6 and I feel good. Maybe there was a better plan. But it doesn’t matter. Today was a good day, a hard day, but good.

• Breakfast: cereals
• Dinner: cheese, crackers, tuna x2
• Snacks: fig bar x2, oatmeal bar x2, cereal bar x2, pretzel sticks, pop tarts
• Days without a ramen bomb: 72
• Today I am grateful for: New shoes.

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