Stick was up early and I could hear him packing up before I woke up but stayed alseep until I saw signs of the sun coming up. I got up right as he was finishing up loading his stuff and he played with Domino while I packed mine up. We were on the road before 8 am.

We made it about 3 miles and then we came to a point where we could hop on hwy 17 and save 3 miles or we could stick to the back roads and just walk the extra 3 miles. After looking at the traffic on 17 and seeing the non-existent shoulder, we decided to stick to the backroads.

A few miles later and Stick was really struggling. He was all wobbly and weak. He had vertigo. It was bad. I felt bad for him. We tried to figure out what to do. We are literally in the middle of nowhere. I googled it and found a video of how to do a half moon manuever or something like that. We tried it but it made him sick.

After throwing up and laying down for about 2 hours we came to the conclusion that he wasn’t walking amymore today. He gave it his best shot.

I went back and found a good place for his tent and set it up for him. I made sure he had his food and water within reach and then I wasn’t really much use anymore. He needed rest.

There was still a whole lot of daylight left so I decided that I’d go and make up the miles I missed down in the keys. Refer to day 7 and 8 I think. I had to take a day off of walking to help the person who was suppose to be doing the support car driving and media outreach. Missing those miles had been bugging me so I was happy to get the chance to make them up.

I hated that Stick was feeling bad but I enjoyed my stroll. All I needed was 12 miles so I went 6 miles out and back. I found a trail in the woods that wasn’t a part of our route and just stayed on it until my gps told me that I made it to 6 miles then I turned around and retraced my steps.

I stopped and refilled our big jugs of water before going back to the woods. I carried them for over 2 miles and finally made it back. Stick was feeling a lot better.

I had dinner and laid around resting while him and I caught each other up on our days. I set up my tent and got ready for another night of camping in the National Forest.