**Facebook Post 090617 at 4:39AM**
Um… I have been up all night. Should I stop the trek and come home to secure my stuff? It wouldn’t be just my stuff. If I come home, I’d be able to grab my old people and maybe get the clan to somewhere better suited to ride out the storm. Both my pad and my parents are coastal east and west south Florida. I’m all the way the hell up in New Hampshire, but I can still get on a plane ASAP, come home and get everybody and what’s important the hell out of Dodge. If I wait too long, I won’t have time to do anything. Thoughts????
I think my reluctance comes from the obvious that I don’t want to bail on my trek, but also I know how this works. Media tends to hype the storm up and then we run around crazy for days, then nothing happens. OR we get a Charley, Punta Gorda, or Andrew, Dade County end of the world scenario.
**Facebook Post 090617 at 5:02PM**
So not sleeping and anxiety about the storm does not do me very well while hiking. I should have slept instead of bugging out all night… Today I got lost in the rain, figured it out and got on track, but walked about an extra mile. I got to the first shelter and started to get too cold, too quick, started snacking on food I had gotten from the hiker box, when I got mad at myself for not going into town for proper resupply. (A hiker at the shelter had explained there wouldn’t be a lot of opportunity to resupply after Goram.) So, I decided I’d turn around and hike back into town anyway, even though it’s later in the day, and I’m super tired. Somehow my switchblade opened during my walk, put a hole in my bag, then I sliced my finger open on it, then slipped and fell in the river.
So, I said to myself, I really need to get the sleep I should have gotten last night, and I will feel better in the morning. So I went back to the hostel I stayed at last night and grabbed a bunk and now I’m in it… Ugh. Good night. I don’t even want dinner or anything.
11:25AM Start Day 21 (090617)
•11:25AM Rattle River Shelter, turned around
•4:00PM At White Mountain Lodge, sleep
•7:00AM Wake up, eat breakfast
•9:30AM Walk to Gorham (7 miles to Walmart)
•11:25AM Walking into Gorham
11:25AM End Of Day 21
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(Add 7 Miles for resupply in Gorham)
