Ankle Talk

Gadget and I spent the night at the Relax Inn in Atkins trying to figure out what to do next. It's so hard, because injuries are tricky - you don't want to waste too much time sitting around, but you don't want to injure them worse because then you'll have to sit around way longer. This particular injury, however, was a no-brainer. I could barely hobble around on it, and it was clear that we would have to take some time off... again.

Unfortunately, there were no hostels within a hundred miles that we could rest, and we certainly don't have the money for a week in a hotel room, so we were at a loss of what to do. Thankfully, our friend Kerri called and said she happened to be doing nothing and would love for us to come stay with her! Incredibly, she was willing to make the 5 hour drive down, pick us up, and take us to her place, provided we help her move into her new apartment. So that's what we did.

On the bright side, we've gotten to spend time with a good friend and even helped her out a little. On the not so bright side, we're starting to get worried. Maine is still a long way off, and all this recovery time is cutting into our hiking time. We took a lot of time off in Franklin way back, and then the 2 1/2 weeks at home healing my tendinitis, and now another week here. I feel like I'm cursed with ankle problems. Thats over a month of down time. Now we're at the point where we need to be doing bigger mile days, but we're still nursing injuries and can't. I'm not sure what that means as far as getting to Maine before Baxter State Park closes for the season.

Anyway, Gadget made a few extra bucks working on the apartment building for the landlord here (he's so handy!) and wants to go see Shrek the Third. I'll post more later tonight or tomorrow.

-Scribe