Hikerboy played the guitar last night.
Today we’ve been enjoying presentations.
Really enjoyed the statistics on senior hikers. The big cluster is hikers from 61 to 70 (51% of senior hikers). 62% are retired. 75.6% hike with a spouse/partner. More than half make $90k or more a year. 69% are male. Women enjoy hiking more than men.
They surveyed 50+ years old and defined long distance as 50+ miles. On reflection they should have gone with 60+ years old and 100+ miles.
The presentation was by Dr. Heidi Ballard on the Results of the International Senior Long Distance Hiking Survey.
Currently listening to Greybeard talking about his hiking and age related competitions and records.
Bad weather advisory just came from our airline we are flying home with. That airline allowed us to change our flight without charge.
Though our route changed, we then had some significant delays due to crew issues and repairs needed and a lot of stress.
We also needed to leave Saturday afternoon and drive a good distance to get to DC on Sunday in time for our scheduled flight.
We only found a hotel room because someone canceled as Happy6 refreshed her screen (0 rooms, refresh, one room—we took it, then back to 0).
No time to stop and grab dinner in the DFW airport then we sat through delays. On the other hand, I’ve eaten enough on this trip that missing a meal doesn’t hurt.
Picture of ladder. An October 12 memory from the Appalachian Trail in 2019.