Last week, JJ and I camped at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in TN/NC. It was a great trip but we're starting to put a lot of things into perspective.
Things we learned:
- We need 10 hours of sleep a night. No joke, we went to sleep at 10pm, woke up consistently at 8:30am for like, 5 days in a row. T.S. Wiley might be on to something!
- We can't have the jobs that we do and still average 10 hours a night.
- Our bodies can live on way less food than we currently feed it. This I knew already but pretty impressed on how little food we were eating and still have the energy to hike lots.
- Camping in the forest with the birds, bears, and bugs gives you amazing mental clarity.
- I still don't like bugs but at least I can learn to get used to them... maybe.
Things we did over the last week:
8/8: Hiked up the monument at Monument Circle in Indianapolis
8/10: Hiked the Alum Cave Trail at GSMNP (11 miles, some 2500+ft elevation gain)
8/12: Hiked the Appalachian Trail at GSMNP (almost 9 miles, some 1000ft elevation gain) from Newfound Gap to Charlies Bunion
We also ate a lot of bad-for-you-but-delicious food. Stay tuned for pics. Back at it this week!
Side note: GHDs from the previous week had my abs hurting for a whole week. Note to self - don't do 30 in a row after months away from it. Traps took half a week to recover.
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