Then, I left the road. I will take you through that decision and then return home!
I called my family a little in the morning after arriving, and talking about what I felt really helped. Joys and happiness have not overcome minimums and pain. Some people really enjoy difficult struggles and that is what makes them want to do something like a walk, but what I am learning is that I really do not enjoy those struggles like those people, and that is fine. Before entering this, I also thought it could be a bit purist, be a perfectionist and a little fan of control in my normal life, and it turns out that I am definitely not and I would prefer to enjoy what to do each mile and every step. Speaking through this, and some other reasons, I was quite excited to think about leaving the road and my hiking friends to which I have grown up so close, but I was also extremely happy for the idea of being able to rest and sleep in my own bed, give me a shower in my own shower and see and talk to my family and friends. With what I am trying to agree is not to fulfill the final objective (2655 miles from edge to edge), but to learn things internally and externally, meet incredible people and be happy. I hope that after taking a break I feel ready to address some more miles and enjoy them even more than I have done here. This was not completely out of nowhere, if it seems so. I considered that I took a free time to wait for my package if it did not arrive before this (however!) And in general I had spent a mentally mental time every day while feeling, to be honest, quite shit. I have made peace with this decision (a few weeks later) and I don’t need anyone else’s opinion.
Decisions – August 21
When I woke up at 7 am at the camp in Shelter Cove, I was already hot, but I packed with a turtle to go to the store area for the day. After plugging my things to load and configure my backpack, I got a breakfast burrito that was absolutely incredible and sat on the terrace of the store along with a lot of other hikers to relax for a while. Then we went to the laundry area, we started it, we grabbed some Natalie loan, and then I got on the shower. Soap and towels were included and good 10 minutes washing and standing under hot water. After that I had to register to see when I could get my box, the tracking information said that I was not yet there, and they told me that they collected from the Po box. Not every day, but today they would, so if I got there at 1:30 pm, then they could pick it up and he would get it that afternoon. Talking to my family and Turtle and Natalie, I made my decision not to continue from here and, instead, go on the way and go home, although hoping to meet them in a few weeks in the mountains to do more miles. I also chatted a little with the woman we had camped two nights on the road and learned that he also grew up in Berkeley, wanted Berkeley High and lived near me. Little world! I received some ice cream and ice tea and sat on the terrace in the afternoon, moving while the sun reached me. Then it was around 2 pm, when the store employee said the packages would arrive, so I entered and turns out there, a close call! I really didn’t need it because I wasn’t going up to the road, but I packed everything to take home (and eat something on the road, of course). Then, Turtle and Natalie left around 5:20 pm to return to the route after a little emotional goodbye and hope to see me later. Then I discovered a way to get home, take Klamath Falls tomorrow afternoon and then take Amertk home from there. Returning to the camp to spend the night, I set up my tent, ate dine paste and then returned to the store (10 minutes) to download a television program to see before bedtime. I fell asleep knowing that I could stay in my store basically for the time I would like tomorrow!
A collection of gnomes in the camp, so cute
Odell Lake, where Refuge Cove Resort is on the shore of
Rest – August 22
I had set an alarm for 9 am and 11 am in case I really woke up, but I got up around 9 am I was quite cozy but I had to urinate, of course, so I got up anyway. Around 11 in the morning I was packed, so I went to the store area again and had coffee and some donuts for breakfast (late). There is also a hiker tent there, so I found a good place in the shade, I leaned against a tree and camped there during the next few hours. Around 4:30 pm, I went out with Natalie’s boyfriend, who gently agreed to give me a trip to Klamath Falls, it was 2 hours but beautiful! My train was not until 10 pm, and I also arrived a little before the building opened, so I sat down and made a ramin for dinner. The train arrived on time, surprisingly, so I went out at 10 pm in the light of the star of the coast. After walking to see the observation car (I was dark, not much to see) I fell asleep for a few hours.
On the way to Klamath Falls
Cooking ramn stealthily for dinner behind the Amtrak station
Start – August 23
I woke up with ‘Sacrament in 8 minutes!’ From the director, so I gathered my things, I realized that the train was actually almost an hour before (!), And headed down. After leaving and talking to some staff members, I realized that I could get a previous train of what I had reserved, so I put on the train of the Capitol corridor around 7 am, which was quite empty. He arrived at my local stop around 8:30 am and hastened to meet my family, who was there to pick me up. After getting home, I had a very long and hot shower, I put comfortable clothes and was horizontal to basically the rest of the day.
Dawn at the Sacramento train station
106 miles driving + 319 miles in Coast Starlight + 83 miles in the Capitol + 2 mile corridor driving home = 510 miles
I traveled more miles in 15 hours than in 6 weeks. Wow.
I think I will return to the way in a few weeks, but I will see how I feel once I am at home a little. I will continue to update here, hopefully in a slightly more timely way than I have been. 🙂
That was a bit divagant, but thanks for reading!
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