300 Miles

Miles: 13.5 We’re at 300 miles now! Blueberry pancakes were good this morning at the hostel. Any hostel with included breakfast is an instant 5 stars from me. I got really home sick today just thinking about my dog and friends (and family) (and my morning cereal binge with a cup of fresh Florida orange juice). I hiked mostly alone today and I’m camping alone again. I split my miles per day up equally to Erwin. Everyone else is either rushing there or doing big miles to do a nearo into town. Yuri stayed at the shelter to try and recover from his terrible shin splints. I don’t want to push too many miles in one day because around the 300 miles mark seems to be where everyone starts developing ankle/leg/foot problems from misuse or fatigue. Also I don’t think Erwin is gonna be better than Hotsprings and Hotsprings wasn’t out of this world other than the cool air bnb and good diner food. The only notable thing that happened in Erwin is that they hanged an elephant from a crane for murder.…