Today, if I'd stuck to my original Appalachian Trail (AT) plan, I would have been summiting Mount Katahdin right about now. But who am I kidding? If I'd had the heart to keep pushing on I most likely would have hiked shorter stages and taken more zero days (i.e. rest days in towns). Around now I would be somewhere in New England trying to decide how much farther I would go before I walked off the trail and I would be thinking about completing the AT in 2018.
Not staying on the AT has left me a little lost right now. I never really expected to be home most of the year doing the things I would have done if I'd never heard of the AT. What an odd,unexpected outcome.
P.S. The AT, the seven days I was on it anyway, resulted in one physical loss. Two weeks ago I lost the big toenail on my left foot. I don't think I've ever done any hike of any substance without losing that nail.
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