WISDOMS

THRU HIKING

• There were times that I was just running down the trail. I thought about quitting, but it just seemed like such a silly thing to do to quit a thru hike because of mosquitos.

• It was a beautiful adventure full of smiles....but there were some really hard moments in every section.

• I felt like I was finally seeing America for the first time.

• Everything felt like a life or death situation and then when it was over... we would just keep walking. There was no trophy at the end. Job well done. So a lot of the time these really heroic feats were unrecognized.

• Nothing is insurmountable. Maybe it takes more time then you would expect to accomplish whatever goal or vision you have, but slowly but surely just like the little engine that could you just keep chugging along saying to yourself "I think I can. I think I can."

• I was steadfast in wanting wonderment.

• You can make whatever plans you want, but something is going to get in the way of it!

• Just like there's not enough words for snow, there are also not enough words for all the different types of beauty that we encountered on the trail.

• Not every adventure has to be story worthy.

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