Tom Leonard Lean-to 24Aug05 Day 69

The bacon and pancakes this morning were great. A nice start to a long day. This was a 21-ish mile day with a late start. the first 7 miles flew by in 2.5 hours but the rest went slower. I managed to get here at 6:30. I am noticing that the sun is setting sooner. So we have less daylight. Although it seems that I am able to move faster, uphill still slows me down a lot and reduces me to hard breathing. In order for us to finish by Thanksgiving, we will have to average about 17 miles a day. We will be doing 20's to get to NYC then take a zero and try five more days of 20's.