Jay's "Adjustments, #1"

The current Google Map projection indicates our over-all trip distance to be 3200 miles. So at 900 miles (EOD June 04.) we're about 28% through.  We're progressing too slowly. Part of it was and is conditioning, which is improving. I did not comprehend or prepare for the hilliness we encountered crossing Massachusetts and the eastern 2/3 of NY.   That was hard sloggng. The environment since Day 1 has also been a factor: frequent rain, (but more significantly, the constant "swampiness" of the whole region we were crossing), and the "cooler than normal" temps discouraged tenting. This was complicated by the unanticipated reality that almost all  the potentially suitable tent sites were on property posted "NO TRESPASSING.". This resulted in us doing daily planning/execution that permitted us to utilize "covered shelter" accommodations (read that: motels, B&B's, etc. Moving at the blazing walking pace of 2.2-2.6 mph, the range we could plan to accomplish was shorter than we preferred. Hence, progress to destination was impacted.  And,consequently, ADJUSTMENT IN EXPECTATIONS needed to be addressed.    {Josh handles that better than I do.  But, Expectation Adjustment is not over). Since slightly more that half way across NY, the terrain has been getting flatter,  making walking less effort. (Since entering Ohio, it's becoming very flat.) So we need to take that into account. Intermittent rain continues, mostly at night.   Availability of covered accommodations is becoming more scarce. But, the fields are still quite muddy. "Posting" of the land is far less common. So, the beat goes on.   And to quote one of my favorite singers: "...now don't get me wrong, this is not a sad song, just events that I've happened to witness." (For those of you with more sophisticated music preferences, that comes from Jimmy Buffet's "Growing Older But Not Up."   More ADJUSTMENTS type stuff later. (Unless I'm overwhelmed by a flood of negative comments.  In which case, I may just turn "infrequent blog postings" to "MORE INFREQUENT  blog postings". Or, as Jimmy might say, "...now don't get me wrong, this is not a sad song...")    Jay,    Cheers,   and may you experience dryer environments.