Hi Bill (Jesse Brown’s)
(a note from a Beverly in regards to getting ready for a trip to Kilimanjaro)well, I swany……I feel like I have been hit by two mack trucks and one bus…..am I nuts??? I should have taken up knitting…..
so, today , this friend and I hiked the Ridgeline Trail plus an extra 1.5 miles ( okay, there was a little mix up between mile 4 and the Boulders Overlook and we did it TWICE….( do NOT laugh)…(omg….we were in SHOCK!!!) ….for a total of 16 miles.
AND, the last three miles….well, a thunder storm was moving in on us….and we thought…”we are in for it”….but, well, to tell you the truth, I had a little chat with the one in whom I dwell….and, I think that He helped us…..He is the one that calmed a storm one time….and if you ask me, he did it again today….
so, I am home,safe and sound and hurting….every part of me hurts…..( except maybe my eyebrows….they seem to be fine!!!!!)
between Mt. Mitchell and Ridgeline, I am questioning myself!!!!!! Too late now, I suppose…..I just hope “pole pole” gets me up that mtn over in the Eastern Hemisphere.
I thought when I did those Crowder stairs five times I was …ooohhh…so strong…..well, I’m NOT……This trail was HARD! We hiked from 8:20 am until 5:02 pm with a 30 minute lunch break and three two minute breaks ( yes, I time them…..) . Does that tell you how slow a hiker I am!!!!!Goodness…I’m going to sleep.
I ‘ll be in tomorrow to get gear ( if I can move!!!!!!!)…