- Daily mileage 22
- Total mileage 587
- Hours hiked from 5:15 am to 5:00 pm
Today was much cooler and the trail was generally downhill. Why did it feel so hard?
So last night I chose a spot to camp that I thought would be shielded from the rising wind. I am here to admit that I was wrong. Way wrong. I got buffeted by the howling wind all night long. Sleep was hard to come by.
Got going at my usual time and finished off the uphill that I left last night. Several times I had to stop completely to let a gust pass by or it would have knocked me on my butt or worse. After the top, the trail was actually very easy. Part of the trail was a shared jeep road. Not really road walking, but not really a trail either. The goal for the morning was a water source called Golden Oak Spring. The area around the spring was awash in hikers.
Lichen covered rocks
Yummy water
More wind mills
Cowboy camping
I got going fairly early in the afternoon but the miles just did not come easily to me. It was only 10 miles to where I am camped but it really dragged. The heat wave we have been experienced has broken so the temperature pretty bearable. I think I was just beat from lack of sleep.
Camping spots are at a bit of a premium in this area so I am cowboy camping with 5 other hikers (Tyler, Madison, Chris, Neal and Sarah). Hopefully we are shielded from the wind a bit better.
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