The night before my trip I popped into Radio Shack and bought a new camera. I got some awesome pics both on my way up and on my way down the mountain, but the ones that pleased me most were those that I took at the summit of various thru-hikers completing their long, arduous journey. I planned to post a shot today of a guy who went by the trail name "John Wayne." He was posed standing atop the Mt. Katahdin sign in a Boston Bruins shirt he carried up just for that moment. But somehow all of my photos have been lost to the ether. A bit of a heartbreaker for me, but, as the saying goes, life will go on.
Speaking of life going on, I went to the Doc today for the first time since beginning my plant-eating lifestyle. I had taken myself off Lipitor in January, when I began this journey, so convinced was I that the diet would make the difference. If that had turned out not to be the case I would have been sorely disappointed. But now I can be an even bigger cheerleader for the cause because my cholesterol went from 258 to 177. So toss those pills, if you can, and dig into some spinach.