The Colorado Trail--so far

Well, we are a week in to our hike and it's definitely been an experience.  Day 1/Segment 1 was rough!  "Everything hurts and I'm dying" was a very accurate description!  The scenery on Segment 2 overshadowed the dying part, and made for a better day.  A thunderstorm followed us all day, and we stopped early to set up tents ... good thing, because we experienced golf ball sized hail and a 6 hour long thunderstorm!  (pics at end of blog)
Segment 3 was less scenic and my feet were killing me.  Segment 4 started good, but we got stuck in a nasty thunderstorm and got hailed on (um, ouch!) Thankfully we both had rain pants, which make a big difference in attempting to stay warm.  After hiding under a tree for awhile and shivering, we had to decide between hypothermia and getting struck by lightning.  We made a run for it over the pass and made it, but it was scary!  We hiked father just to try to stay warm and let stuff dry out, but everything got soaked.  Camping that night was rough, it stormed again after we set up tents, am pretty sure we went to sleep at 730 pm. 
The next morning we only had to do 10 miles to get back to Kenosha pass, where we left one of the cars.  The scenery was the best yet, and we were paranoid about storms, so we hiked fast.
Our zero day in Breckenridge was less relaxing than I thought, as we spent most of the day running errands like showering, going to the grocery store, and laundry.  We finally finished repacking everything around 7,and I got to soak in the hot tub and hang out by the fire.  The hostel was AMAZING!  So gorgeous.  I chatted with a bunch of cool people and got my extrovert-socialization-fix. 
We hiked out starting Segment 7 yesterday morning.  My pack was so heavy with our food resupply and extra layer of clothing! The first 9 miles were basically all uphill.  It was definitely the toughest climb so far, and despite a 0 day, my feet were not recovered.  We had to cross a lot of snow, our first time encountering it on the trail.  It was intimidating-one slip and you'd easily slide 300-500 feet almost straight down to tree line.  I lost the trail after one snow pass and had to go up a steep incline to find it again. Once I made it to the ridge, the wind gusts prompted me to keep moving fast-as we learned previously, storms pop up quickly and we were well above tree line with no shelter.  My legs got super sunburnt too!  I'm rocking some super cool tan lines now, Ha Ha. 
My feet didn't fare so well and I decided to take another 0 day to try and let things heal.  Both my heels are covered in blisters.  One of today's goals is to get new shoes-my trail running shoes must not fit right.  Roxy,  Monika's dog, was also limping today, so we've re evaluated our thru hiking plans.  I'll keep going and Monika will meet me at trailheads to camp.  Roxy recently had a tumor removed and while she's eager to hike, it's probably more than she can handle and Monika has decided (smartly) to play it safe and not push her.
The snow in Segment 8 is supposed to be worse than 7, so I'm skipping 8 and going on to 9. Falling off a mountain is not on my list of things to do! 
Colorado is gorgeous :)