Saturday, was an interesting one. After staying up until 1:30 am I awoke at 5:00 am. Got dressed and rushed out the door, only to find that my bus was running 20 min late. Fortunately, I was able to still make it to BART and to San Bruno in time for Chryssa to pick me up. Of course there is now verifiable proof via text message that I get cranky when Muni is not on time.
After braving that battle with public transit, we headed to Saratoga. For some reason the normal group we hike with was not able to hike with us that day and we were paired up with a faster team. Needless to say, they left us in the dust so it ended up being just four of us in our group. It made for a much more interesting time as we actually talked rather than just hiked in silence as the bigger groups tend to do.
The hike itself was beautiful, mostly hiking in trees. Although, it was an interesting day. The trails were muddy and slick from the rain; we had one person on our team fall. Fortunately, he was OK. The hike seemed to go on and on and on we did 7 hours of hiking and what we think was 11-12 miles. It is possible that we got lost in there somewhere, the maps were difficult to read and we kind of just had to go with our gut on whether or not we were in the right place, but we made it back to the parking lot and that is really all that mattered.
We did the usual stop for Starbucks after the hike and I BARTed back home. I have to say that my muscles felt great after such a long hike, but I may be dealing with a bit of sciatica this week which should prove interesting for our hike on Saturday. Fortunately, it is not a team hike so I am not beholden to hike at anyone's speed other than my own.
The fundraising has seemed to slow a bit. I'm currently at $1410 with another donation and matching funds on their way, but still short of the $3200 goal. Reminders of my journey and the need for donations are going out again this week.
As always, if you have donated, I'm forever grateful. If you haven't yet, there is still a little bit of time, but the hourglass is nearing empty.
To donate:
http://pages.teamintraining.org/sj/Yosemit109/mthompscsp
Melissa
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
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