Oh sweet merciful air-mattress that works! I slept very well compared with the previous two miserable nights and was ready to pound out some miles. I knew it would be a long shot to catch up with the others today, Read More …

So yeah, last nights sleep was miserable again. Pretty soon after finishing up writing yesterdays entry, my pad started deflating rapidly and I knew that my attempts to patch it up had been futile. I had one tiny piece of Read More …

So… the patching up of my sleeping pad did not work. After inflating it, for what felt like the millionth time, I decided to leave it alone and just hope for the best. The best was not great; within a Read More …

A day that had it all; pain, annoyance, relief, joy, excitement and sadness. It started with the a long morning of descending into town. It would be 18 miles downhill from where I was camped. Even though I generally don’t Read More …

No surprise my feet still felt pretty beat this morning. Exhaustion and the incline on which I’d pitched my tent made for a poor nights sleep. This morning I took my time to get ready, not particularly exited to start Read More …