Day 29: Sometimes it’s lonely here

Since my dad temporarily went off the road, I walked a bit on my own. Which was fine for a while, but today I felt a little lonely.

I ran into some familiar faces yesterday, but this morning I was still tired and a little sluggish. So, everyone left the camp long before me.

I felt a little dreamy today, but I felt good physically and had a steady pace. I walked past Jarrod and briefly sat with Ferdinand, Megan and Chef in a shelter for lunch, until they left.

Jarrod finally got a name for the trail: “Scholar.” He’s been trying to name his own route «Perigrin», which means wanderer in Latin or something like that. But no one ever called him that, which I thought was pretty funny. Previously, Beavers suggested «Scholar», because Jarrod knows a lot of things and tends to give little lectures throughout the day. It’s a fitting trail name! And it stayed.

The rest of the day wasn’t very challenging or eventful, but that’s nice sometimes. Today is just a nice walk in the woods.

It’s also the moment I felt a little alone out here for the first time. I realized that I am very used to chatting with my dad all the time. Now that he’s resting on Erwin, I missed that.

At the top of the mountain I had good reception, so I called home. That helped a lot with the feeling of loneliness. Meanwhile, Fernando died. After half an hour of calling, I kept walking. It was then that I saw Fernando sitting on a log, waiting for me. Which was very nice of them! We walked together for the rest of the day.

We got to camp around 5pm so we had some time to hang out, which I enjoyed. When I set up my tent it started to rain. Hopefully it stops before tomorrow morning!

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