round two

It's 6am and I am sitting here waiting for my ride back to the trail. I have made the decision to go out for another week - attempting to get to TN. It's difficult to describe the feeling in the moments before leaving. I have spent the last two nights in an uneasy/fearful state. The nerves are terrible but they signal a good this - they signal that I am pushing myself outside my comfort zone. 

The hardest part of this is being away from my girls. Last night my youngest daughter called me crying and I know she misses me. I wonder if, from the outside, I appear to be selfish. I wonder if they will see it that way when they are old enough to judge. If I am being very honest - this is a selfish thing to do. But how many of us have stuffed down dreams, skipped opportunities that might have made us better/happier/healthier in the long run because we feared the reaction of others or other short term challenges? I know I have done it...for years...so today as I stepped out to push toward my goal I do it confident that I will come out the other side evolved into some better form of myself and my family will benefit from a better me. 

So, my goal is simple...pick up where I came off the trail a couple of weeks ago having completed Georgia and push on through North Carolina to Tennessee. I will be writing for you all along the way and will post as I can. 

Fingers crossed for dry weather (I forgot my pack cover!). Happy Fourth of July to you all!