Cathie - Continental Divide Trail Journal - 2014
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Cathie "Fruitcake" Cummins
City: Smith Mountain Lake
State: Virginia
Country: USA
Begins: Aug 3, 2014
Direction: Southbound
Daily Summary
Date: Sat, Sep 6th, 2014
Daily Distance: 8
Trip Distance: 211.0
Journal Stats
Entry Visits: 333
Journal Visits: 8,738
Guestbook Views: 1,110
Guestbook Entrys: 24
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Last Look
Leaving the Winds
It's time to go. We linger in our tent later than usual. Besides the fact that it's cold outside of our sleeping bags, we now must face the fact that our trip must end. Two weeks ago we did not know how my injuries would play out. Rather then wait for who-knows-how-long in a Motel 6, we rented a car and tried to make the best of it. Just over a week of rest, ice, ace wraps, Kinesiotape, leucotape, massage, stretching, and graduated return to activity, and I'm pain-free. But we have blown a wad on the rental car and logistically can't work out any alternative but to return it to Salt Lake City and fly home. There are other reasons to do so. Randy needs to get back to Florida to help his folks and I have projects waiting at home. I am very grateful that the expected problem did not happen; I have learned to manage my severe patello-femoral arthritis and the painful Baker's cyst which brought me down in 2012. I know now that I have many more backpacking trips in my future.
