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Emotional Rollercoaster, Day 4

Today was a welcome shorter 11+ mile day, but a large part of me believed it wasn't short enough.

I must have woken with the sleeping bag zipper on the wrong side. Today I spent a bit of time in my head not really enjoying myself. My feet where not pleased with me, and the rest of my body was getting tired of taking up the slack. I'm not use to pushing through pain for such extended periods of time. I'm only use to pushing it until the end of my workout, or the short span that it takes to get something done. The drudgery of going all day is wearing on me today. My body nags at me, my brain screams "OVERUSE INJURY".

The day started out well, with beautiful views of several waterfalls. The terrain today was pretty mellow. We hiked the long length of St. Mary's Lake before hiking over a small ridge and working our way up another valley. As soon as we reached the valley over we walked into a forest fire area that had burned in 2006. It was recovering fairly well, but there was little overhead cover and the sun was peaking through adding a bit to my misery.

We arrived at our destination, Red Eagle Campground, in early afternoon, and it began to rain lightly as soon as I arrived. I hobbled around the burnt out grounds of our camp, set up my rain-fly, and dead and beat I laid down and took a nap to the sounds of the raindrops on nylon.

I woke up for dinner in better spirits. My feet where still a wreck, and I was still moving gingerly around camp. I finished my night losing my disheartening thoughts while being social, and played a game of cards.

Tomorrow was going to be another day, and our next challenge Triple Divide Pass.