Day 124
~ Zero Day, Pawling, NY ~
Miles Hiked: 0
Miles on AT: 1446.5
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Today was all about rest. I tried to sleep in, but only managed to stay asleep until about 6:30 am (hiker clock.) Still, I stayed in bed for most of the morning, but eventually got up to eat breakfast at the deli down the street.
My goal was to still get ready to go on trail tomorrow, but do as little as possible at the same time. I took care of laundry, but didn’t have to resupply since this was an unexpected stop. But, I did grab multi-vitamins and B-complex pills from the drug store just in case it was a vitamin deficiency issue.
My plan for tomorrow was to get back on trail and see how I felt. If I didn’t feel the pain anymore, I would continue on. But, if it came back, I would have to spend more time off trail healing as best I could. I also had an appointment to get a massage tomorrow before I left. It couldn’t hurt.
On the bright side, I didn’t feel as much nerve pain as when I had been hiking. Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to get back out there.
And that’s day 124.
A version of this post originally appeared on TheTrek.co.