(Note: This day's entry is what most trail journals that I've read turn out being, merely a log of how many miles were walked, what the author had seen, minor, mundane details about the journey. Today I went into my opinions about my trail food choices (Bear Creek dehydrated soups being a winner). This evening Dick and I wound up pitching our tents around a huge boulder as we were nowhere near a shelter. I don't think that I write about this in any entry but that evening as I was hanging our food bags out of reach of any bears as I should have, I'd failed to realize that I'd hung them directly over Dick's tent. He seemed to have little sense of humor about that the next morning, even though I'd not done it on purpose.)
6.3.04 "off of VA 601" [8.6 miles walked today]
Today I feel... better. Rejoiceful. Happy.
I know... frightening, isn't it?
Psalm 9:10b: "...for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you."
While today has not been trouble free (I have three blisters to deal with), it's been good. We saw such pretty vistas. But more importantly, a peace seems to have been there today. I didn't feel alone. I'm actually trying to talk to Dick (not the easiest thing to do- I sometimes feel as though we're on different wavelengths, sometimes not). My time when I was ahead or behind I would sing or pray in the Spirit, occasionally in English.
When not doing that, I still though about being "home" and how I would be getting back once this month is over.
It's so hard to imagine- this has only been the second day of twenty-six!
It should take about two weeks for my feet to toughen enough so that I won't get blisters.
FYI: I hate GORP. Most people call it "trail mix" but here it stands for 'Good Ol' Raisins and Peanuts'. Of course, nowadays, it contains much more than that, but it's still called GORP. Anyway, I wind up just eating the pineapple, bananas, and apricots. I give the rest to the animals.
The soups I brought ROCK. The best 'trail food' I have had, ever. I just wish I had bread since I make it so thick.
Energy bars- not so much. 'Can't stand the taste.
"Accelerate" energy drink powder? ROCKS. At least, it tastes good. 'Don't know if it does anything with the supposed protein/carbohydrate mix, but it sure is a nice treat every hour or so.
Anyway, today was a gorgeous day. I was able to constantly tell the Lord I loved Him.
Psalm 16:11- "You have make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand."
I miss my family. I prayed for Steve and Vicky and Yovanka off an on today.
I love them very much and wish I could show them that.
(Note: The family I speak of above pertains to the foursome of Steve, Vicky, Yovanka, and Caroline, who were, at that time, my closest friends and the only people I interacted with on a regular basis. They'd become my family, the people with whom I was the closest and knew me the deepest, and I remember referring to them as such in these entries. Today I have a wider area of friends and still am very close to Steve and Vicky. I occasionally speak with the now Memphis-based Caroline, but Yovanka has seemingly dropped off the face of the earth.)
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