Miles today: 17.3
Total miles: 1703.2
Today was such a good day! It was cold and windy in the morning, but I didn’t care because the scenery today was so beautiful. The day started with a climb and then I had views for nearly an hour or two of my hike. It was beautiful open, treeless highland meadows surrounded by mountains in the distance in every direction. It was one of those rare times when I was so in awe of the beauty around me that I had a smile pasted across my face as I hiked. Also, I saw more ponies!!! This herd was less shy and one of the ponies even let me take a selfie photo with it.
I stopped for a break at a shelter 5 miles in and discovered an awesome blanket/hat. It has a unicorn face/head that you wear as a hat and then there are gloves attached you put your hands in and then a blanket part, so it’s like a cape with a unicorn head. I of course had to take it and proceeded to wear it for the next two days like the true crazy person I’ve become. It was fun to see people’s differing reactions, from people who immediately said “I like your hat!” to others who were clearly uncomfortable and pretended not to notice.
The hiking continued to be pretty easy today and the day wasn’t that long. Delta and I got to the shelter to discover Foot, the basically homeless guy there. Along with another guy who seemed also fairly homeless. Great. With that, we decided to tent instead of stay in the shelter, which turned out to be a smart decision. It got down into the 20s at night, so tenting helped keep us a little bit warmer.