May 18, 2012.
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| View from the Hat Creek Rim Overlook on trail. |
May 18th, it's about 11am and I'm just
driving through Old Station {on my way to my parents’}. I stopped
off at the Hat Creek Scenic Overlook, where I know the trail crosses
and hung out for a few minutes. I took some nice photos of the trail
sign and Mt. Shasta to the north and Mt. Lassen is just right behind
you to the south. Basically I did the math and figured out that at
that point it's about 50 miles, or one day, past the halfway point.
Standing there comes with such a strange, really strange thought
that, literally a month from the day I start, if I stick to schedule,
I will be 1300, almost 1400 miles north, at that specific point. And
I can just foresee myself when I get there, thinking back that little
over a month ago I was here in my truck with a whole bunch of shit,
and now I've got just what's on my back. *laughs* It's...yeah. It's
ridiculous to say the least. I don't know...it's cool though. I'm
really, really excited to start and to do things like that and to
have that other perspective. I'm almost to the parents’ house, to
finish up my mail drops and finally see the place.
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| Mt Shasta and the trail marker at Hat Creek Rim Overlook. |
