The Pennsylvania Blues: Harpers Ferry to Delaware Water Gap
Not Virginia Blues—Pennsylvania has been the hardest state for me so far.
In my last post, I examined how I had changed after 1,000 miles.
At the time, I had just completed one of the major milestones on the trail, and was headed into DC to visit some friends for multiple zero days. My spirits were high and I felt great. While many of the things I said still hold true, I haven’t really examined the downsides of thru-hiking.
I got back on the trail in Harpers Ferry and was immediately greeted with the worst thunderstorm that I’ve experienced on this hike. It seemed like an omen for the weeks to come.
Maryland and Southern PA were some of the easiest miles on trail so far, and yet I wasn’t motivated to hike like I was in the miles prior to hitting 1,000. Some combination of losing my group of friends on trail, the lag of almost a week off from hiking, and the slowly dawning realization that I still had more than halfway to go put me in a fog that I don’t think I’ve fully…
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Not Virginia Blues—Pennsylvania has been the hardest state for me so far.
In my last post, I examined how I had changed after 1,000 miles.
At the time, I had just completed one of the major milestones on the trail, and was headed into DC to visit some friends for multiple zero days. My spirits were high and I felt great. While many of the things I said still hold true, I haven’t really examined the downsides of thru-hiking.
I got back on the trail in Harpers Ferry and was immediately greeted with the worst thunderstorm that I’ve experienced on this hike. It seemed like an omen for the weeks to come.
Maryland and Southern PA were some of the easiest miles on trail so far, and yet I wasn’t motivated to hike like I was in the miles prior to hitting 1,000. Some combination of losing my group of friends on trail, the lag of almost a week off from hiking, and the slowly dawning realization that I still had more than halfway to go put me in a fog that I don’t think I’ve fully…
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