April 17

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OD
New boots for CC today. We drove to Syracuse and found new boots that are
lighter and fit much better than her old ones. I swapped out my heavy boots for
much lighter ones also. The average person takes about 2,000 paces per mile. 1
extra pound per leg means you lift a ton or more unnecessarly per mile per leg
and 10+ tons per day lifted. It has also been calculated that one pound one your
foot equals five pounds on your back. So by going to lighter boots we should be
able to cover the same miles with less effort. We also ordered a different
jacket set after returning the one we got from LL Bean. We have swapped out her
light sleeping bag for my gore-tex shelled down bag, it is good below zero and
is not much heavier than the old one. Once it warms up we will have our daughter
mail the lighter one to us and replace the heavier one. We also ordered her a
set of mittens to go over her gloves to help keep her hands warm. Everything
should arrive here by Friday. We will head ou!
t no later than Wednesday. We are going to take the train from Syracuse back
down to Culpeper, VA. Then get a shuttle back to Elkwallow Wayside and start
right where we left off.
We pray and hope that the weather will be better than what we have had to this
point. We also hope what we have ordered online will fit better than the first
things we ordered.

Patrick, Deborah Mooney aka OD & CC
All Who Wander Are Not Lost

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Comments

[Debbie]

God Bless Ya'll as you begin again
Sounds like you are getting things together really fast and that you're getting back out on the trail much sooner than later! God Bless you both as you begin the second leg of your journey. Love, your FL outlaws :)