Almost two years to the day when I started my first
thru-hike from St. Croix Falls, I find myself at the eastern terminus, where I
ended, ready to start another thru-hike. I'm excited, yet worried. My previous
hike was the experience of a lifetime, yet it was hard. I'm suddenly
remembering all of the aches and pains at night. The blisters and sore muscles.
The overwhelming fatigue. But I'm here now, and there's nothing to do but start
walking.
Two years ago, my first day was spent in 90-degree heat
and high humidity. The humidity was up today, but it was cool and drizzly.
Nice! My hubby, Ed, was crewing me, and everything went pretty smoothly.
I forgot how long the rail-trail segment was, but it was
so enjoyable. I saw great blue heron, a huge woodpecker, cardinals, a doe and
her babies and more. A family was out near Forestville playing with "poppy
seeds." They're tiny orange flowers that have a tiny green-bean-like pod
in their center. If you squeeze the ends of a pod, it bursts open and edible
seeds pop out. They taste like edamame. You learn something new every day!
The connecting route to Kewaunee got quite foggy several
times, but I was just glad to avoid the heat. Which is coming. Sigh. The
forecast in this part of the state calls for temps hitting 90 for much of the
next week.
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