I hike every day until I pass out. I haven’t done any writing in over a month. The words for social media posts escape me. I was pushing hard because I didn’t have enough time to finish the Florida Trail, and that kept weighing on my mind.
I split from the group after we’d gotten an Airbnb and they took the aqua blaze along the Suwanee River, renting canoes instead of hiking the flooded trail.
Left to myself I eat, run, sleep. Nothing else.
Then Longshot, with Nana Man and Gas Monkey, caught up, just before the Lunar New Year, and it felt like something new. They wanted to jump ahead and finish early, and I leapt at the chance for some Uber magic.
I wanted the hike to be different this time through, and I didn’t want to miss the end. But the clock was ticking and soon I was supposed to be on the other side of the country. Time was running out and I was feeling pressured to move.
Either way, I knew the rest of the trail wasn’t going to be like last time. And that’s exactly what I needed.
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