There is nothing left to do but wait.  My kit is packed.  My resupply boxes have been sent.  Now all I can do is wait for the morning to come and I’ll hit the road.

Friday was resupply day.  I shipped three boxes.  One went USPS to the Two Harbors post office.  I will be getting in on a Friday, so picking that up will be easy.  Two were shipped via UPS.  One to the very hiker friendly Claire Nelson Recreation Center in Finland, MN and one to the also very hiker friendly Sawtooth Outfitters in Tofte.

Food was pretty standard fare.  I will have enough town stops to add calories if I do not have enough.

Saturday was getting everything together and packing it.  The Lighterpack website is idea as a checklist to make sure I have everything.  Once I was fully loaded, I put the pack on and walked down the block, wiggling as I went.  I needed to adjust the internal frame as too much weight was on my tailbone.  After some adjustments, it felt like an old friend giving me a hug.

That left today.  Today was for honey-do’s.

Looking at the weather, it looks like some badly needed rain is coming, including some thunderstorms.  That means the mosquitos will come to life, but that is a small price to pay.  The drought has been bad and the land is in need of rain.

A storm has done some damage in and around Two Harbors.  One report is that it took nearly four times as long to pass through one area.  I’m not sure what that means.  There were reports that some hikers were hiking with six liters of water due to the drought.  There is still water roughly every ten miles, so that seems to be an over reaction.  I will have the capacity to carry six, but I’ll never actually carry that much.  In general I’ll have three liters max.

So, I’m just sitting here waiting.  My heart is beating faster and honestly, I’m a bit nervous.  It has been a while since I did this.  Regardless, I’m ready to hit the trail.