Thank you for your well wishes. I would love to hike... and mostly giggle with you two. But no postponing this. It is going to be great to finish AND it frees me up to hike whatever is happening. There have been three times this summer where I diverged from what the group was hiking to atttain my goal.
I have loved this and have learned so much since May 28. Most of all, it has been a huge pleasure to meet like 'minded' physically crazy people like you.