12/19/22
Day Eighty-One 

It was just a matter of time before this happened and today although I hiked the entirety of the Welch-Dickey Loop, I will be re-hiking it in spring to get the .1 mile long view spur on the summit that was (not surprisingly)not  broken out or even findable after the 2+’ of snow that fell over the weekend. I told myself on the drive home that it’s ok, that I have time, and I have space to add this to my calendar in April while the school I work at is on break. I reminded myself that the reason I’m doing this is because I love hiking, and that’s absolutely true. I reminded myself that if I didn’t get to hike today because of trail conditions up north, I would’ve hiked down south just to get outside. As much as this is absolutely a full-time job and feels like a job a lot of the time, it is also fun. It’s probably the hardest and funnest job I’ve ever had. I envy people who get to go to work and just sit all day. I envy that they don’t have to psych themselves up mentally in order to do something that is so far out of their own wheelhouse it doesn’t even seem possible that they’re doing it and have been doing it now for 6 months straight, three-five days a week. I envy them now but in 9 months I won’t. In 9 months I will be one of them again. I don’t know how I am going to ever go back to only hiking 1 day a week. It’s going to be so hard. 

Daily Miles: 7.53

Daily Vert: 2265’

Overall Miles: 888.24 

Overall Vert: 258,903’

Trace: 38.7% -> 39.1% 

Trails: 

Welch-Dickey Loop Trail

Pine Flats Trail

Yellow Jacket Trail