Today was only 24 km but the flatness was painful. Things seem very different all of a sudden. I guess I'm headed towards civilization because things are getting more expensive.
Does anyone remember the "Edge" network? It was before LTE, 4G and 3G and has been obsolete in most places I've been since 2008. For the past 12 days the only data connection available has been Edge. Now I'm back to a 4G signal.
The weather today is perfect. Literally not a cloud in the sky and 21c (72f) so I spent most of the day in shorts and short sleeves.
I bought pretty much all of my walking clothes at a store called REI. Some of it in West Hartford and the rest in NYC. It just occurred to me that REI clothes are like Garanimals. Garanimals were a clothing line where everything always matched, as long as you wore a shirt and pants with the same animal on it. A duck shirt is always color coordinated with duck pants. REI clothes are the same way. It's embarrassing. The problem boils down to a pair of light beige pants that I used to have, but the zipper broke so I had to replace them. Unfortunately my replacement pants are "REI gray". They're like the master garanimal animal. Like The Dude's rug, these pants tie every piece of clothing I have together. I want the grunge look. I hate to admit this but I'm going to have to splurge on a pair of off-color hiking pants.
This is the topographic chart of the route and as you can see, I'm getting into the flat section. I hope the next 300 km aren't as flat as it looks. It really is hard on the legs and feet.
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