Quote of the day…

I know it may be a little lame.  Cheryl Strayed (“Wild”) did it on her trip along the PCT, but I would like to leave a new quote with my entries in trail registers along the trip.  I downloaded a pdf book, “The Great Book of the Best Quotes of All Time” to use as a source.  Click the image below to download the pdf; there’s also a link at the bottom of the page.

Best Quotes

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself. – Groucho Marx

Every hike has a “miracle”

Hiked at Greensfelder again yesterday.  Did 6 miles with a full pack over some pretty muddy trails.  It was great to take on that challenge.

Every hike seems to have some wonderful surprise.  Last trip it was the fox.  I was somewhat dismayed that I didn’t see much wildlife yesterday.  Then, while driving out of the park, I came upon a doe and her fawn in the road…

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What did the fox say?

9+ miles with a full pack again at Greensfelder today.  At first the hike was easy, even going up hill.  But after about 7 miles it got tough.  The pack got heavier, knees and ankles began to get pretty sore.  And then during the last 1/4 mile of the hike I run into one of these guys standing in the middle of the trail!

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However, this isn’t his picture, he ran away too fast.  In fact, my fox was much bushier and bright red-orange.  What a sight!