My Trails

5/11 – 412 miles
I found out that by wrapping my leg tight and landing on my toe going downhill the shin splint felt good during the day. As long as we did short miles each day, it didn’t get much better, but it didn’t get any worse either. And the terrain was cooperating, too. There were long walks through gentle sloping woods and even the mountain paths had recently been rerouted with switchbacks to ease the climbs and descents. Sometimes we could see where the old trail went straight up the mountain and we were glad for all the trail maintainers that donate so much time to work on the trail.

We stelthed camped that night by a spring. It was a nice secluded spot almost hidden from the trail. We found what appeared to be a giant pile of bear poop so we were sure to hang a bag with our food.

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