I got a call from JibeTurkey just now from checkpoint 2. He and AhMaChamee both checked in a few hours ago after stopping for camping permits. He said he is very tired after being awake for 36 hours. I said he sounded surprisingly normal. He allowed he may have gotten a second wind after having a good lunch at the Cuban restaurant.
"But I was incoherent this morning," he said. " I thought I was going backwards. Bryan caught up to me and convinced me I was going forward."
"Harry look at the GPS! We're going 3 mph!" Bryan said.
"Yeah, 3 mph BACKWARDS!" argued Harry.
"Harry, there's no current, it's fine! You're hallucinating!" explained Bryan.
"So I just concentrated on two points on the shore and convinced myself that I was going forwards," Harry said. "Bryan and I just have to look out for each other."
It sounds like a solid plan. Between two of them operating on about half a brain each they add up to one lucid individual.
I asked if it could be caffeine withdrawal hallucinations but he said he made coffee on the beach at Marco around midnight last night and sipped out of his thermos all night. That makes me feel a lot better about the whole thing.
They are heading out of Chokoloskee now to try to get to a camping spot. "Hope we make it," Harry said flatly.
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