So 140 miles til VA yay hiking just get easier! I really have been learning alot about myself and life around me you really never think about how privileged we are with everything in our every day lives we truly are blessed individuals its amazing to me more and more everyday. I think about the silly things that use to frustrate me on a daily basis like driving for example i would get so ticked of at someone driving stupid but whats the point there not going to stop riding my tail or not going to speed up we need to slow ourselves down in our everyday life's were constantly going to fast and really missing the little things and forgetting about them which made me feel like i wasn't doing anything wasn't experiencing anything when i was always, i have always known it but never like i do now. The excitment of having a shelter to stay in at night when its pouring rain even though your packed in it like sardines, everyones smelly, people snoring, rolling all over...i could not be happier being dry and comfy. This was a little test of life two days ago we were walking and the supply of water was not plenty so my nalgene water bottle was just about empty and gatorade bottle was the same, i kept dwelling on the fact i was thirsty and wanted water then and now i was very flustered and was slamming my poles in the dirt all angry :( but then i thought why am i thinking like this its so silly water will be in a mile or two and there will be plenty to relax look around (which was a amazing mountain side with tiny white flowers and green grass everywhere tangled with old trees and big rocks) and as i calmed down i just smiled and was grateful for all the water i got to have that day even if i couldnt have anymore id be fine i was grateful for the tiny sips i had left..and then a quarter mile later...water :) life taught me the quickest lesson..patience and to be grateful. The more i continue to walk and think, which is what i do all day everyday, i analyze life as we know it. we create our own problems whether we except it or not its just crazy.
On a hiking note...My bag has much improved in weight ive dropped so much random little things i thought id need but never will..i have also purchased poles which have really been an amazing help on my knees walking down hill..we ended up taking 4 zeros in hot springs cause of a hiker festival going on it was great i was able to talk to a granite gear rep named fix it man (he really is the man) he gave me a new hip belt for my pack (my was too big) put it together for me all for no charge :) grateful kid i am! i ate so much way too much there its was crazy! The nature has been BEAUTIFUL like a dream blankets of flowers everywhere it seems unreal looks like snow all over. Met alot of new great people hung with the warrior hikers (veterans sponsored kindly to hike the at) there amazing group of people..there are so many incredible individuals its hard to tell you about all of them. All you need to know is they are all such kind and caring free spirits :)
....little line from a little book...
Less hasty am I than the wind, yet i must go. We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another day; and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us. :)
Lovin you all...keep smiling everyday and be thankful for what you have..constantly remind yourself about your blessings...life is beautiful and a huge blessing within itself
