September 20th 2012
Miles: 26
Total miles: 1274
Dear count: 51
Today was our first marathon day and also our longest day so far. We got up at 7 this morning, hoping that we would have plenty of time to accomplish our goal, but we quickly figured out that with our typical break routines that we were going to have a really long day ahead of us. This pushed us to put the pedal to the metal for some good chunks of the hike and forgo lengthy breaks.
On a normal day we take at least two hours worth of breaks throughout the day, and we usually take about an hour for lunch. We decided to just have a junk food lunch today instead - we didn't have enough food for lunch tomorrow anyways. It is just silly the things you can eat (and enjoy) when you hike all day, so we included a picture if our not so nutritious - but calorie rich - lunch.
The Shenandoahs have been beautiful, but going at our pace hasn't given us a lot of time to take it in. It is also getting cold! We knew going into this second half that it would be much cooler than the first part of the trip, but we couldn't really conceptualize what that meant till now. Washing up at night is becoming a bit more difficult and waking up is even harder than normal when its 40°! The sun light I'd getting less and less as well, and with the equinox coming up the rate will just increase. I always take summer for granted!
Miles: 26
Total miles: 1274
Dear count: 51
Today was our first marathon day and also our longest day so far. We got up at 7 this morning, hoping that we would have plenty of time to accomplish our goal, but we quickly figured out that with our typical break routines that we were going to have a really long day ahead of us. This pushed us to put the pedal to the metal for some good chunks of the hike and forgo lengthy breaks.
On a normal day we take at least two hours worth of breaks throughout the day, and we usually take about an hour for lunch. We decided to just have a junk food lunch today instead - we didn't have enough food for lunch tomorrow anyways. It is just silly the things you can eat (and enjoy) when you hike all day, so we included a picture if our not so nutritious - but calorie rich - lunch.
The Shenandoahs have been beautiful, but going at our pace hasn't given us a lot of time to take it in. It is also getting cold! We knew going into this second half that it would be much cooler than the first part of the trip, but we couldn't really conceptualize what that meant till now. Washing up at night is becoming a bit more difficult and waking up is even harder than normal when its 40°! The sun light I'd getting less and less as well, and with the equinox coming up the rate will just increase. I always take summer for granted!
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| A bearbox and pole |
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| a lunch of snacks full of calories |
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