| Date |
Distance |
Time |
Elevation Gain |
Average Moving Time |
Year to Date Miles |
| 1/1/2025 |
2.5 miles |
1 hour 23 minutes |
119' |
2.2 mph |
2.5 miles |
Parking: - Across the street from Berea Baptist Church, Riceville Rd.
Map:
Happy New Years!
2024 Wrap Up:
- Hiked 779 miles
- Visited 10 new National Parks (Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Great Sand Dunes, Mesa Verde, Indiana Dunes, Mammoth Caves, Carlsbad Caverns, White Sands, Congaree, Guadalupe Mountains, US Virgin Islands)
- Hiked to 1 state high point (Texas)
- Hiked the Fisherman's Trail in Portugal
- Snorkeled for the first time
- Saw a total eclipse
- Saw the northern lights from my yard
- Learned how to knit (2 hats)
- Learned how to sew garments (many things!)
- Post Helene - volunteered in my community & collected dog food for donations
2025 Goals:
- Visit 8 new National Parks
- Hike to 2 state high points (Michigan, Wisconsin)
- Hike 800 miles
- Knit my first sweater
- Sew my first underwire bra (that fits)
- Sew myself a backpack
- Sew a pair of jeans
I'm still having joint pain, but the best way to start off the new year is with a hike. I've been reflecting on 2025 goals to set for myself. I like to set hiking mileage goals, but it's hard when I'm suffering with joint pain. Then again, if I were to hike 2.3 miles a day, I would reach my 800 miles per year goal. That sounds very doable. I keep reminding myself that the pain is temporary. At some point it will get better.
On today's hike, we saw a wet human in a bathing suit! What? She decided to take a New Year's Day plunge in the river that runs through the park. Wow! Krumm said he wanted to do his own polar plunge, so we obliged. Glen and I stood on the riverbank and stayed dry :) After 2.5 miles, I returned to the car, and worked on that knitting sweater goal, while Glen went back out to hike another 2 miles.
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| Shivering after his swim, but it was worth it! |
