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October 2, Hurd Brook Lean-to - mile 2149.5

My heart is full of mixed emotions tonights, as it's my last true night on the trail. Though tomorrow's campground is also on the trail, being a commercial campground is different than our usual accommodations and I know it won't be the same. So many thoughts and feelings are racing through me. As always, I feel apprehension about the difficulty of the big climb ahead. I bounce back and forth between the excitement of seeing Tony so soon, and despair that it's still another day away. I wonder what I will do when I return home to regular life. What sort of career path will I next pursue? I'm not sure. How has this hike changed me and made me (hopefully) a better person? What have I learned and what do I still need to learn? Will my knees really recover as the doctor said they would? And right now, I wonder why I have to spend my last shelter night with a large group of people who I don't particularly like, instead of with friends. I guess life is like this.

To quote my fellow hiker, Braveheart, "I'm tired and I want to go home."