**Facebook Post 102417 at 6:36AM**
As we got on trail yesterday, two bugs flew directly in my left ear. Erin said she saw the second fly out. She was looking because I was already spazzing from the first one flying in. Instinct had me stick my finger in my ear to get the bug out, but I squished it in the process. Lots of blood. I think it was a biting fly, like the ones that got me last year. The more south we go, the more of them I notice, as they begin taking chunks out of me. One got me on the leg a couple days ago and now I have a huge welt there. Anyway, I think I also may have cut my ear canal trying to get it out. Mixing biting fly blood with my own. At the time I was fully packed. So, my med kit was deep in my bag. So, I didn’t treat it. Wish I had. I woke up several times last night with my ear drum and canal on fire. Poured hydrogen peroxide in there and let it sit for ten. Then got an alcohol swab and a QTip to dry it out, but it’s still hurting bad. Worried it may have bitten inside my ear before I squished it. Also, worried I’m going to get some weird feral animal disease mixing blood with a biting fly. Either way, hoping this pain in my ear stops soon instead of continuing to get worse. Right now, the pain has woken me up several times. Not going to be fun hiking like this. Ow!!!
**Facebook Post 102417 at 2:54PM**
Boiling Springs by Halloween!!!!
4:45PM Start Day 66 (102417)
•4:45PM (Estimate) Stempa Spring
(Mile 920.5)
•6:10PM Power Lines (Mile 923.3)
•7:00PM Camp (Mile 925.3)
•4:15AM Wake up, pack
•6:00AM On Trail
•9:40AM Break (Mile 931.7)
•11:30AM George W. Outerbridge Shelter (Mile 933.0)
•1:30PM Break (Mile 938.5)
•3:30PM Break, View (Mile 942.4)
•4:45PM (Estimate) Knifes Edge
(Mile 942.8)
4:45PM End Of Day 66
APPROX 22.3 Miles
