I know this is my 2nd post today, but now that I'm caught up, I want to stay that way!! The Girl Child and I were back on the trail today to connect the portion we walked yesterday to the portion we walked a few weeks ago. This leg started at the intersection of Fisher Dr and Ensign Dr in Avon, and wove generally southward up and down hills, around bends, through parking lots, and had occassional short sections on road. Definitely one of my most physically challenging legs so far -- so many hills!! Since quite a bit of the East Coast Greenway that we've walked so far occurs on developed rails-to-trails routes, it's been overwhelmingly flat or at least a very gradual grade. This, by comparison, was intense. And despite the fact that I look fairly good walking on flat stretches, up or down are both really difficult for my knees. So we weren't breaking any land speed records out there. But we DID make it to our intended end point, the same Trail parking lot where we started our walk yesterday, at the end of an bit on Security Rd that neither of us were thrilled with. (In fact, we made it both out and back, walking this difficult stretch twice.) For a total of 1 1/4 new on-trail miles, and 2 1/2 total miles of torture on my poor legs. It was a VERY pretty (but chilly) day to be out for a walk, with my favorite walking companion, so really, I have no reason to complain.
67 miles walked, 119 miles traversed, 2881 miles to go!
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