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05172014


Went hiking with 27 pounds on my back. We went a little over 6 miles. Wow! I got quite the workout today. Plus the raking and mowing of the yard.

For those who are curious my blood sugar log went like this:

5:53am (I slept way late!)116I took 28units lantus and 5 units for a 75 carb breakfast plus 2 extra units because I always spike 2 hours after I get up.

7:35am ...

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05132014

Mrs. Otter is such a trooper. Dental work done on Friday (tooth extraction and crown work), a rest day for Saturday and a 6 mile hike with a weighted pack (20# for mine 10# for hers) and then she felt crappy the rest of the day. We’ve got to learn pacing I guess.

05152014

Went to endocrinologist and gained 5 pounds in the last 4 months. Wonderful….(that is sarcasm…)

05162014

Now Friday was a very crappy day. I packed my lunch ...

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[QUOTE=smoovoperator;1873507]Tent is sold[/QUOTE]

lol just my left!!! Enjoy

05032014

Karen and I have noticed that the THOUGHT of leaving and hiking the AT in 3 years is very powerful. When the day turns bad and things go wrong we find our minds taking a strange turn and thinking about leaving this situation behind and walking out of this life and into another life where these current things and problems are not so important, where your needs are reduced to the real essentials and even those are sketchy, tenuous, and fluid, changing from minute to minute.Are ...

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the-panhandlers have made it to our destination...Neels Gap! After a couple of sporty nights in shelters with thunderstorms and wind we were happy to see Mountain Crossings and...pizza! The trip was great and 'downhill' is hooked and ready to go again (after we rehab her knee)! Thanks to all of the great people we met along the trail for interesting conversation and the trail magic. Safe travels!

the-pandhandlers, 'downhill' and 'pakmule'

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