After yesterday’s perfect zero, I had a restless night. He had many dreams, many about not walking. There is nothing wrong with walking! It is good to have had that rest of having all my life dedicated to the path. However, I know that I will eventually miss the days of having nothing more than a trace to think.
When I got up, most of all had cleared the shelter, since they were being transferred back to the Park Park. I told myself that I was going to get out of bed and change, and then pack … but it took eternity.
I finally went up to the hiker box to see it once again before leaving. For some reason, I have recently had a lot of food anxiety! From ga to go, I did not lose a single pound, but after walking through Virginia, I have lost 6 pounds. There is not much, but I certainly have no more fat to lose: everything has become muscles of the legs. So I worry that if I am not trying to chew calories, it means that I am running to a deficit. That has also been the inspiration for another night routine that I have been doing, maintaining some carbohydrates nearby and eating them all before bedtime. Last night, I was working in a half -spare half that had gone from Bolívar Breta Bakery.
Jamless was about to leave when I went to check the hiker box, and I mentioned that I was going to weigh my package to see how much food was left. She came with me to verify the scale and we both gave a weight of our packages. I registered approximately 20 pounds … what I know is not so much, but it is a lot when I no longer have a hip belt! UPS. I only intended to obtain two days of food in Waynesboro, PA, and yet, here I am probably 4 days of food in weight.
Around 9:30, I finally walked to Lower Harper Ferry, where I entered Battle Ground Cafe for a last breakfast … And I returned to Vegemite! I had last seen it in Neropaloaza in the Shenondoah’s, so it is having a good time. On the other hand, he also did not take two zeros. Today he is doing one with his wife, but we have breakfast together. It was a lovely day to be out … Not too hot, or too cold and not wet! The vibrations of the complex made me forget that I needed to walk in some way, I did not go out again until 10:30. Uh oh, another late beginning.
Today is the end of West Virginia! I am so used to having state lines demarcated by a sign that I really did not realize that when I crossed the Potomac River, that I had crossed Maryland. Right at the base of the Great Gateway, some paths cross each other, including the C&O Towpath in Washington, DC, if you want to listen to the story of another person who walks along this path, Stevie Wonder really won until DC from here a few days before! How rude.
The first three miles today were actually some of my strangest. He basically followed a perfectly careful bicycle path, which meant that it was flat and easy to walk, but mentally I did not feel that I returned to AT. There were very few white jackets and not mountains! Am I even on the right path?
I was happy to disappear again in the forest, and today it was generally super cross. None of the climbs was long, or where there were rocks that caused important problems. The only curious thing is that although my pack is approximately 13 pounds lighter than it was before, since the distribution of the weight is different, sometimes it seems that it is heavier in the downhill. It is still a learning curve with a belt without frame/hip less package.
I checked Ed Garvey’s shelter, since it was right next to it … and it was beautiful! There was a one -day hiker who wanted to chat a lot, so I gave him a few minutes … but to be honest, I felt a bit introspective today. I know that for each of these hikers, seeing a hiker is a new experience, but for me, it is difficult to explain the path of the Apalaches, and that I have walked from Georgia, etc. Sometimes, I feel that I have disproportionate amounts of deceleration that I am trying to this. But anyway, being a hiker is also being an administrator of the path. Learning patience is key.
I took this opportunity to go through a Walmart salad I had packed, and the rest of my bakery bread. The part of Maryland of AT trips through many state parks, commemorative monuments of the civil war and established camps, so I thought there would be garbage cans where I could throw plastic garbage, so it is partly in part that is why I have such a fresh summary based on food. That means it is heavy!
A strange thing about the part of At of Maryland is that the dispersed camp is not allowed throughout that. We are only allowed to camp in designated tens and shelters. Later, I heard today that this is a thing of responsibility, due to some laws or something, if someone is hurt by a widower or something on the road here, the PATC would get into trouble. I don’t know if that is true, but I could see that Maryland wants to protect many of the sites they have in the AT. There is history here!
Mainly history of the civil war. Almost everywhere, there were plaques dedicated to Maryland’s conflicts in the Civil War. I went through the Gathland State Park … where I finally saw my first tick! I don’t know if he counts … I was on the floor of a port. But it is still good to see one, in a way. I began to worry that I didn’t know what to look for in a tick. Maybe they have been everywhere and I’m blind!
I really wanted to press a little more today, but at 6:20, I arrived at the Dahlgren backpack camp, and I realized that I did not have the fight in me to go to 6 miles more to the next refuge. Especially because I would have to go quickly through the old state park of the Washington monument if I didn’t want to get to the camp after dusk. So, however, I decided to call it here. I do not regret it. Since the camp is close to Boonsboro, Dordash and Uber Eats Service here! I programmed a coffee for tomorrow morning … and I can’t wait.
Here, there were two sets of people. A group of about 12 children was here. They were a bit noisy earlier at night, but once the sun set out forever, they started to become calmer. It is a bit lateral to hear them talk about your backpacking trip. «Do you mean we have to make peanut in the forest?» Again, I know that not everyone has the privilege of being able to do what I am doing to live this life 24/7. It’s simply fun.
There was also a set of veterans through excursions here! We had some excellent discussions about previous years, and I learned a lot from them. It is better to leave some stories in our private magazines;).
I came to blogger much later tonight of what I wanted, because of how sleepy I have. I’m sorry if today’s prose is a little lower quality than normal. I can feel my brain slipping. Time to rest! I hope tomorrow when I don’t have an extremely heavy package, the day can fly!
(Title letter: Weight of the World, Keichi Okabe)
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