We're out here because we're not all there.
I'm off the trail. Yep. 900 miles.
In the end, it wasn't the physical part that got me: I walked through the worst blisters of my life, the worst leg pains, the worst poison ivy and through 100 degree heat in the desert. I faced down a scorpion, bears and a fire. What got me was money and missing my girl.
I'm in Ohio now, for six months. We're saving up money to move to Arizona. I'm freaked out by many things:
Getting a job after not having to work for three months. Having my relationship with Kelli shift from theory to reality. Being in Ohio again. Applying to grad school. Not being on the trail.
I'm content with my decision but I still miss the trail. I still scope out the ressuply possibilities in every store. I had to remind myself that there was a toilet inside when I had to pee and started looking for a place to go in my roommates backyard. I still get tired when the sun goes down. I miss mountains.
In the end, it wasn't the physical part that got me: I walked through the worst blisters of my life, the worst leg pains, the worst poison ivy and through 100 degree heat in the desert. I faced down a scorpion, bears and a fire. What got me was money and missing my girl.
I'm in Ohio now, for six months. We're saving up money to move to Arizona. I'm freaked out by many things:
Getting a job after not having to work for three months. Having my relationship with Kelli shift from theory to reality. Being in Ohio again. Applying to grad school. Not being on the trail.
I'm content with my decision but I still miss the trail. I still scope out the ressuply possibilities in every store. I had to remind myself that there was a toilet inside when I had to pee and started looking for a place to go in my roommates backyard. I still get tired when the sun goes down. I miss mountains.