Psalm 23
The Lord is my hiking partner, I have all I need. He leads me beside quit waters, he guides me to the top of beautiful mountains You renew me in spirit. God leads me in God's ways that in me God might be proclaimed. Even in the darkest valley, or the steepest hill, or the fiercest thunderstorn you are with me. Your presences sends my fears and insecurities away. You set a bounteous table before me togive me strength to continue the journey. You have given me more than I can take it. Surely goodness and mercy will go with me my whole life long and You will dwell with me. Amen.
Woke up this morning at 4:30 to a clap of thunder. It is now 7:00 and it is still raining. Radar shows it will contnue for yet another couple of hours. so I may just stay here for an extra day. However, it is supposed to rain much of this week. It's hard to get motivated to go out and hike when I am warm and safe and dry and there is a thunderstorm going on outside. We will see where the day leads.
PM. Well it has been an eventful day. It rained until about 12:30pm. They finally was able to get dropped off at Watauga Dam around 3:30pm. The first shelter was only 2.5 miles from there. I debated traveling another 5 miles to a campsite on top of Pond Flats. However, while I was walking a good pace, there was a three mile climb ahead of me. These typically slow me down to about 1 mile per hour. That would put me at the campsite at 8:00 with only 45 minutes of light to set camp, fix supper, and hang food. So I opted to stay at the Watauga Dam shelter. I share the shelter with a 65 year old woman - Peggy Sue (Trail Name) Near by another NOBO (North bounder) set up his hammock. It actually had a place to hang food away from bears, Near by I found little tiny fungi growing on a small twig. Nice Picture. Surprisingly, I even had cell coverage here. I finished supper around 7:00 both of the other hikers went right to bed. It is still light and I am feeling pretty good. But I am look for a good night's sleep and a sunny day tomorrow. Thank you God for a great day.
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