As it happens when blogging gets too far behind, I have to resort to bullet points.
It took four days of rest for Zm's shin to become walkable again. Getting back to the trail was touch and go for a bit. We deliberately took a slow pace to test the injury. The first day got us out of Orlando. The second saw National Forest and the start of the best hiking thus far. Beautiful pine forests with actual hills and decent water.
Cool temperatures have prevailed with some rain as well. Today, it climbed back to the 80s and my shoes finally dried. They have been stinking up the tent every night.
The biggest bummer is that Pod and Gnar are about 3 days ahead of us. They only took one zero in Orlando. As it stands, we won't be able to catch them unless we skip some trail. Many priorities are being weighed right now.
Zm's shin is on its second pain free day. We still need to work on injury avoidance, but once injured, we are very good at healing on the move.
Life is good.
updated posts are good!
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