It's been too long

Alright, I know, it's been far too long.

Yes, we are still planning to hike. And it seems that the plans are getting more and more ambitious. AJ has been training like a champ, seems like he's hiking practically all the time that he's not working. I have been slacking, in theory working on my finals. We did hike almost 10 miles together one day, and it felt free and easy.

On May 22 we will be doing a test run: hiking for six days and trying to complete the MA section of the trail, a length on 90 miles, concluding with Mt. Greylock the highest mountain in Massachusetts. Oh boy!

With any luck, as we gain elevation, we will move backwards in time and I'll be able to send sweet postcards from the top!

I've been having some nervousness about the summer mileage, which could get up towards 1,000 miles. That's a really long way! Will we get really bored from walking? Will it be uncomfortable 100% of the time? Will it be really awful to eat camping food for so long? Will I get insane blisters (I always did when I was a runner...)? Will we get lyme disease? Dysentery? Eaten by bears? Stress fractures? Hard to say.

We're still definitely gonna do it though, and of course, I'll let you know!