Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Smudgy Cheeks Day 52 (Wednesday, May 18) 410.3 miles total

I hiked 7.1 miles today.  Sprout, Bubbles, and I are going to split up.  I hike faster than them and want to summit Katahdin so that I can go on vacation with my dad to the Outerbanks so I'm going to take off.  I can't really get too far away from them until after I get to Vernon New Jersey because our next food drop is there.  After that dad will be sending my food ahead of Sprout and Bubbles.

While I was hiking today I fell down on my right knee pretty hard.  Dad said to always fall forward but I think he was talking about when I'm climbing up, not down!  Ha.  Actually, my boot came untied, I stepped on my shoe lace, and I couldn't catch myself in time.  I was going to keep going to the next shelter but I ended up staying Unionville, NY.  I stopped at the post office to send home ALL nonessential items.  I want to keep my back as light as possible.

I had to charge my charging unit and my phone today.  It took so long that by the time I stopped at a campsite to camp for the night they were closed so I could not get a permit.  I ended up finding a comfortable sidewalk and cowboy camped on it!

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