Fog-et about it!

Today is May 7th and day 2 of the trail. This was a fun day, starting at 9am in Drymen and ending at around 3pm in Cashel with an hour break for lunch in between at Balmaha. I walked for a ways with a father/son duo and then I had way too much for lunch because I was so hungry 9 miles in, but I definitely regret it, since I had 3 more to go after that. It was sooo good though and I tried the haggis! I actually didn’t hate it. But by the time I was walking on the trail again I was so stuffed. Lesson learned! I ended the day at Cashel campsite by Loch Lomond which is three ish miles from Rowardennen (the actual end of today’s walk). Tomorrow will be very challenging, plus the extra 3 miles more, but we’ll see how it goes. Some campers here told me it took them 9 hours before ahhhh! I was pretty tired by the end of today, especially after the ascent and descent on Conic Hill. I’m trying to imagine having to do that plus another 6 miles… The Loch Lomond section at Balmaha is very beautiful here!

I hiked in the mist for the most part today and it started to clear up after I got over Conic Hill. The view was still cool but not nearly as good as on a clear day, so I was bummed. It’s been clearing up later in the day and it’s been super foggy in the morning so maybe I should just start later? Feels like every big hike I do with a few is getting fogged out on this trip. I hope that it will clear up soon.

Here are the stats for today:

11.75 miles

1,929 elev gain

4:41:24 moving time

23:57 average pace per mile

It’s being weird again with the photos, so I can’t post it.