At the lower elevations the leaves are out and flowers are in bloom. It's absolutely beautiful. I've seen a lot more animals lately too! Snakes, lizards, bats, tons of dear- pretty awesome. Still no bears however.
Along with the warmer weather comes a few things that make the trek a bit harder. I've had several days on the trail lately where it's been almost 90 degrees! I know it'll only get hotter, but I wasn't quite expecting the heat and humidity this early. But far more challenging to me than the heat (I did in fact grow up playing and working outside in Indiana Summers) are the bugs. Ugh. SO MANY BUGS. I counted my bug bites one night out of boredom and counted 76, and that was just on my arms and legs. Try going to sleep covered in bug bites in the heat- it is hard to do. I had several itchy sleepless nights. I've had some challenging days on the trail previously, but the bugs take the cake for making for my hardest day thus far.
The good news is my mom met me to visit in Waynesboro, so I've gotten to sleep inside and eat really good food and visit with one of my favorite people in the entire world. And get some bug repellant and itch solutions.
After leaving here I'm headed to Harpers Ferry to meet some friends and former coworkers for Memorial Day weekend. I'm so excited!
Life is good again and I'm well ( :
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