top 5 things i am excited about ~
- getting in the best shape of my life
- camping for 5 months straight, in a new spot every single night.
- meeting new friends, that i will be bonded with forever, and trail angels/magic
- following an outdoor, non-societal norm, vagabond type lifestyle
- the unknown. the little indescribable things that no book, blog, picture or person can capture...
- injury
- food/nutrition taking care of my body
- large groups of ravenous thru-hikers
- being too much of a burden/dependee on my gf & family
- what to do when i am done. i have time to figure it out on the trail.....
- freezing cold soda and energy drinks
- gorging on food, pizza buffets, sushi rolls, pollo asado burritos
- flannel sheets, down comforter, warm girlfriend
- milkshakes
- lemonade
- crater lake
- lake chelan
- the high sierra & the john muir trail/pct overlap
- lake moreno & adzpctko
- monument 78 (northern terminal pct)
- yosemite national park
- lake tahoe
- mt whitney
- mt shasta/castle crags
- columbia river- (while i have seen the river itself plenty, not where it actually crosses with the pct)
