Today I only needed to walk 16 miles to meet Snow Fox. Hoping to meet soon after her arrival in Cornwall, I set off quickly. But my body had other plans for how soon it would arrive. For the first five miles I barely accelerated to two miles per hour. The terrain was hilly, but I suspect poor nights of sleep and lack of calories were the real cause.
hello snack
After the initial hilly terrain, the trail flattened out on a gravel road along the Housatonic River for several miles. On the way I met an elderly couple walking their dog. They were from Atlanta, where I lived for twenty years, and we had a good chat before I said goodbye to them to rack up the miles.
nightmare bug
Moving away from the river, the last five miles were more rugged with steep ups and downs. Counterintuitively, a wrong turn sped me on my way. The Mohawk trail is lit a super light pale blue, almost white. You can see where this went. I took a wrong turn and walked a quarter mile uphill the wrong way. But this gave me a shot of adrenaline. I was going to be late!
Fueled by body chemistry, I flew the remaining three miles. Sometimes I ran short distances, pulling on my shoulder straps to keep my backpack from bouncing around. Pretty soon I was at the AT crossing on West Cornwall Rd. Shortly after that the snow came. After showering and shaving, it was time for dinner!
For the next two days, Snow will walk with me. They will be walks of 10 and 8 miles. Then I have to fly home for orientation at paramedic school. Hopefully a couple of short walks followed by a triple zero will allow any lingering injuries and my feet to heal further. Once the school is settled, I will return and travel directly from the airport to the forest.
- Breakfast: Oatmeal with flax, blueberries and almonds.
- Dinner: Village food
- Snacks: Rx pb dark chocolate bar, 3 fig bars, Daves Killer bread, cashews
- Bonus: drowned
- Known today: Keystone
- Days without a ramen bomb: 85
- Today I am grateful for: The snow fox is coming to visit.
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