Reflections [2]

I found more 3/5 cards from another 5 day trip that my dad, brother, and I took last August from about 50 miles north of Damascus Virginia to Damascus. Here are some of my thoughts I recorded about things I learned:
1. Go the extra miles now, and you won't have to do it tomorrow.
2. When you fall down, don't stay there.
3. If you don't want the trail to go there, it probably will.
4. Getting wet is inevitable.
5. If you don't like the scenery, hike a mile and it will change.
6. Downhill seems great at the time, but at some point, you have to go back up.
7. Bathing in a freezing cold stream can be refreshing-or just cold.
8. Hiking to the top of a mountain is beautiful-always.
9. A water source in the guidebook doesn't always mean running water; it may mean brown, stagnant, algea covered water.
10. It will all seem like a dream when you're done. Don't worry. It wasn't.