I walked 62682 steps on the trail today.
I traveled about 29 miles today.
This was a beautiful fall day of hiking. Cool air, crunchy leafs underfoot, and warming sunshine all day. A great day for a very long hike!
Towards late afternoon, a lady appeared by the picnic table at which we were taking a short break before doing our last couple hour leg of hiking. It turns out she is Valderi - hiking the trail eastbound, opposite us. She had a tiny pack of mostly water since she is not camping out on the trail each night. She has an online journal of her trip - I believe it is at epiciceagetrail.blogspot.com but maybe someone can leave a comment with the correct URL if not that.
Valderi gave us advice about the trail ahead that she received from the local chapter coordinator. Based on that, we took an alternate route around four miles and one of several reroutes past another spot.
The trail today was enjoyable and included some elevation gain. Tomorrow's walk should take us over the IAT's highest point.