Saturday, May 17, 2014

The Habit

They say if you do anything for 21 days it becomes a habit. Well we have definitely fallen into a routine out here and are getting very comfortable with trail life.
We wake up in the morning usually around 6 am and start packing up our gear and throwing candy bars in our mouths as motivation. Then we hike for a few hours before we take our first short break.
Then we hike for a few more hours into the heat of the day when we get our longer siesta break. This means airing out the feet! 
(Feet day 23)
Then it's trail time again. Sometimes we walk by power plants and under overpasses but mostly we see views like these


And many, many of these. No more rattlers though!
Then we have a short afternoon break. Usually filled with looking at the maps and figuring how much further we actually have to go.
Once we get there, we set up camp and make dinner.

(Falafel mix, beans, cheese, tortilla soup mix and jalapeƱo potato chips. Delicious)

Then it starts all over again the next day. We usually go around 20 miles a day and hit the sack around 8 when the sun goes down. We've been having a ball and although not every moment is incredible, it's only 2,296 miles to Canada!(less now)