A few new town acquisitions.
Camp/town shoes. Turquoise crocs with added toe loops (thanks Quiet Storm for that idea) to attach to carabiner on backpack. On the AT I had various pairs of run-down flip flops for town. I didn’t start this hike with any town/camp shoes, wasn’t sure I’d need them. But after all the mud and rain I definitely wanted easy dry lightweight shoes for town. And one of my fav. colors!
Compression sleeves for calf and knees. After taking this photo at the motel I bought another knee sleeve because it felt so good on my “bad” knee that my good knee was feeling “bad”. I don’t know if it’s inflammation, arthritis, both/and something els, but my knees were starting to really hurt the last 3 days before town, especially bad on day 5 coming into Manchester. I have been enjoying the hike so much but the pain in my knees was really demoralizing. Also my Achilles was killing me. Ack, makes me feel old! @toesalad did some research when we got to town (as he is so good at doing) and figured compression sleeves would help the Achilles and also probably the knees. I thought I’d only need one but bought another.
While in town I also bought a s$&tload of turmeric pills at the health food store to help with the inflammation. Arthritis is a likely culprit as my mom struggles with that also.
I’m leaving town with compression sleeves, supplements, and lots of ibuprofen.
