Appalachian Trail - #15

In just a short while, I will be going on the Appalachian Trail with Dr. Redick. I wanted to write about this for my final blog post and my 5th Topic of my choosing post because I wanted to write some goals here so I have some accountability when I go on the trail. I am going to be going mostly phone off for the majority of this trail because Dr. Redick has talked about how beautiful it is going to be and the prospect of going two weeks without my phone is very daunting. I think it will be a great opportunity for me to detox off of my phone as I find myself on it a little bit too much these days for my liking. I'd really like if possible, for me to go the entire trail without going on my phone, I really do mean that. I already put a plan into action in order to make that happen, which was me buying a digital camera so that I can take photos of the trail without needing to use my phone. The hope is that I can get amazing pictures from a beautiful place using the camera and then I can upload them to my phone or computer afterwards, I am really excited to use it. In addition, I am bringing my personal journal in order to reflect on the Appalachian Trail, as I want to document how I am feeling about it in my journal so that I can look back on how I was feeling at the time of a very fun experience. I also hope to be daring on this journey, by that I mean if Dr. Redick offers any extra hikes or something that you could do, I want to experience all of that. I hope to do this domestic study away in the hopes that next summer, I can hike the Camino de Santiago in Spain if Dr. Redick does that again. I am really hoping this will be the case and I am so excited. 

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