{"id":3156,"date":"2024-04-23T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/23\/day-48-slacking-laurel-falls\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T23:22:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:22:42","slug":"day-48-slacking-laurel-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/23\/day-48-slacking-laurel-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 48: Slacking Laurel Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Starting Point: Hampton, TN (420.4)<\/div>\n<p>Ending Point: Hampton, TN (420.4)<\/p>\n<div>Total miles: 8.4 slack pack trail miles.<\/div>\n<div>Steps: 20,420<\/div>\n<div>Injuries: Intercostal Strain<\/div>\n<div>Achievements: <b>Laurel Fork Falls<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjBbMbffp6p30nLb2sjLnfly141GVjJo5IBdtzcLHdW1SOLSfq5ZwYAHePJgcPkI9pGN6QQuCvzk5b_qH94eRV_xa-vZQcx8PKJJq4TnI1CCQo1sPUDrYg0DgjlvbDqwJNKOox5lCohstwLBF1XKMZOfUR2IMn1jIQLOms0lM4gsql_uDwbj16oHFhIOcg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjBbMbffp6p30nLb2sjLnfly141GVjJo5IBdtzcLHdW1SOLSfq5ZwYAHePJgcPkI9pGN6QQuCvzk5b_qH94eRV_xa-vZQcx8PKJJq4TnI1CCQo1sPUDrYg0DgjlvbDqwJNKOox5lCohstwLBF1XKMZOfUR2IMn1jIQLOms0lM4gsql_uDwbj16oHFhIOcg\" width=\"400\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div>That allowed us to spend some quality time enjoying Laurel Falls.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>When I look back at many of my previous adventures, it was always go, go, go.&nbsp; Taking time to actually enjoy something is quite refreshing.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Tomorrow promises to be a very fun day.&nbsp; We&#8217;ll take the shuttle to Boots Off hostel.&nbsp; There, we will kayak 10 miles up Watauga Lake.&nbsp; That will cover 21 miles of trail.&nbsp; So, I&#8217;ll end of having a 24 to 25 mile day.&nbsp; It will also be good for my back.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>With a little bit of down time, I calculated my situation.&nbsp; As I expected, my ability to finish this in one season is in jeopardy.&nbsp; I have a hard cut off of Labor Day weekend.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I had the same issue on the PCT.&nbsp; I wanted to be home by my 20th Anniversary.&nbsp; I knew that things would speed up in Oregon, and they did.&nbsp; Hopefully, the same will happen here.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting Point: Hampton, TN (420.4) Ending Point: Hampton, TN (420.4) Total miles: 8.4 slack pack trail miles. Steps: 20,420 Injuries: Intercostal Strain Achievements: Laurel Fork Falls That allowed us to spend some quality time enjoying Laurel Falls. When I look back at many of my previous adventures, it was always go, go, go.&nbsp; Taking time &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/23\/day-48-slacking-laurel-falls\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Day 48: Slacking Laurel Falls<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-at2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3158,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3156\/revisions\/3158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}