Rangley is a neat place!
More importantly than miles and rain, we took an inventory of our goals, hike, and next steps last night and made some decisions. Because we based our expectations for the amount of miles we could cover this summer on Shabbat's previous lengthly AT hike (which was from Georgia to somewhere in Virginia), we made a vast overestimate. Hiking 12 miles in a day here is equally time-consuming as 20 elsewhere simply because of trail conditions, etc. We would love to finish with lower mileage, but because our time is quickly running out, Mt. Katadyn isn't going to happen this time around. The three of us are all in agreement that the personal things that we brought to the trail have been worked out and we are beginning to walk just for the sake of getting well, not to the end. Thus, we have decided it's time to end this section and come home...it's been almost 2 months since I've seen my family. I'm a dreamer and an extremely committed individual--one who tends to finish what she starts, and pulling out like this is a bit difficult. But as resistant as my flesh tries to be, He's teaching me through this, and the journey really is the destination...and what a journey it has been!
We have spent 38 days on the trail and walked 422.1 miles in 4 states.
Since we have a few more days and are already in Maine, we're heading to Acadia National Park tomorrow for one last hoorah before heading home.
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