priorities

Day 35 ~ miles 592.9 - 616.6

Overnight, a dense layer of fog known as the marine layer rolled in.  We awoke to gray skies and cold winds, but we didn't let that steal our motivation.  We began hiking, and felt as if we had woken up somewhere different than where we'd fallen asleep.  Yesterday, we strolled through arid, desert-like terrain, and today we woke up to moist air and walked through lush, green forests.  The dense, moist air was really chilly, and we wore our jackets for the entire day (it's pretty rare for us to wear jackets while hiking).  We were sleeted on intermittently  throughout the day, with the sun showing its face in between, for only a couple of minutes at a time.  We had been thinking that we had finally left the desert behind, when near the end of the day, we made our way into a scrubby, sandy section of trail. 

Since leaving Tehachapi, we've found ourselves slipping into an undesirable cycle: hike late, stay up late, sleep late.  Today, I made it a priority to stop hiking by 6:30.  The later we get into camp, the more things that fall by the wayside (brushing hair and teeth, blogging, etc.) , because sleep is always priority!  Well 6:30 rolled around, and of course we were on a mountainside with no even remotely reasonable campsites.  We hiked for about 45 minutes longer, until we found a suitable spot, where we're camping with Midway.  I made it a priority to brush and floss!