We started hiking around 8:30 this morning. After yesterday’s grueling day, starting a little later was great. The first five miles were relatively mild with long stretches of leaf covered trail. However, that all changed with the hike up Blue Mountain. The terrain became very rocky. The rocky surface is painful with my plantar fasciitis and bone spur. I am having a hard time capturing in photos just how rocky it is. It was such a relief to reach camp at about 2:30. I ate half of my lunch then and dinner just three hours later. One of the biggest differences hiking is to biking (for me), is that there are no SAG stops. Do I ever need them. Today at camp, we met back up with my trail angel, Shelli, from Day 2. I forgot to mention before that she is from Allen Park, MI. A super nice person to meet on the trail.
Another beautiful sunrise.
First water stop of the day.
Some of the smooth trail.
Some of the not so smooth terrain.
It’s super windy tonight up on the mountain. Low is supposed to be 44 without a windchill.