Well, at around 1400 hrs today, we officially crossed the half-way point on the trail! 1325 miles done, 1325 to go.
Going by the data books Tom has, we knew we were roughly going to cross the half-way point sometime in the afternoon, but it was pretty sweet to find a proper marker.
As we have passed various milestones along the way, we have seen some clever ways of indicating the miles: 400 & 500 were both written in pine cones, 900 was big sticks and 1000 nicely done in large stones. My favourite though, was 600. The '6' was made up of a few sticks, but the two '0's were two big fat round dry cow-pats! Classic!!
So now, at roughy 1335 miles done, we are stopped for the night, ensconsed in our tents to avoid the bugs, & waiting to see if the rumbling overhead actually yeilds any rain tonight. We did get a bit of a downpour earlier as we stopped for lunch (lousy timing!), but since then it has been dry. Cooler too, which made the afternoons hike a bit easier.
Ok, time to upload then sleep!
Half-way! Yer-har!!
Cheers.
RWK.
Out.
