Day 6: Creek City to Rodriguez Rd and water tank- 11 miles
Total miles: 68
We awoke to the beeping of my phone alarm at 5am as we were planning for a super early start. Super quickly we decided it was way too cold of a morning to get going that soon. And with it being a cold day, there was no heat to stay ahead of. We slept in for all of another hour before being awoken by Camper Dan, another thru hiker, as he passed by our tent as he was hiking the trail by headlamp. It was still super cold by the creek, so we packed up quick and stopped for coffee and breakfast at the next water stop that consisted of a horse trough.
It was then that I realized it was a 50/50 Kind of day, 50F and 50 MPH gusts. While that may sound bitter cold, but once on the trail and moving, the cool air was nice change to the hot sun of the past few days. Thank God there was pit toilet at the trailhead where we stopped for breakfast, because pooping outside on a 50/50 day was not something I was ready to experience.
After making to our next camp for the night, and finding Camper Dan already there, we relaxed and set up camp. All the while there where Apache helicopters doing maneuvers in the valley below. They flew in formation and went around the mountain out of sight. Just a few minutes later they pop up over the hill behind us and fly right over us no more and a few hundred feet above. "Free", another thru hiker that we met a few days ago and just joined us at camp, said "You know what that was right? They just killed us. Practicing thier surprise attack in formation." I knew we were out here for fun but I didn't know we would be target practice!
For dinner we made tuna Mac. Which consists of instant Mac and cheese bowls, and a packet of tuna. I know what you are thinking, disgusting. But no! It's so good. This is the second time around the first was just that amazing. I hand the cookset lid to Jamie and begin to pour her half in. She quickly realizes it is way too hot to hold this metal pan with bare hands and unfolds the little metal wire handle. This was a bad idea. On only her second bite, as we are huddled together in the tent to stay out of the wind, the wire handle folds and the tuna Mac falls to the floor of the tent. All over Jamie's sleeping pad, sleeping bag, and sleeping socks too. I am amazed as Jamie doesn't skip a beat and just continues to use her spoon and takes bites of the spilled tuna Mac. We just carried that food twenty miles, don't want it to go to waste.
Total miles: 68
We awoke to the beeping of my phone alarm at 5am as we were planning for a super early start. Super quickly we decided it was way too cold of a morning to get going that soon. And with it being a cold day, there was no heat to stay ahead of. We slept in for all of another hour before being awoken by Camper Dan, another thru hiker, as he passed by our tent as he was hiking the trail by headlamp. It was still super cold by the creek, so we packed up quick and stopped for coffee and breakfast at the next water stop that consisted of a horse trough.
It was then that I realized it was a 50/50 Kind of day, 50F and 50 MPH gusts. While that may sound bitter cold, but once on the trail and moving, the cool air was nice change to the hot sun of the past few days. Thank God there was pit toilet at the trailhead where we stopped for breakfast, because pooping outside on a 50/50 day was not something I was ready to experience.
After making to our next camp for the night, and finding Camper Dan already there, we relaxed and set up camp. All the while there where Apache helicopters doing maneuvers in the valley below. They flew in formation and went around the mountain out of sight. Just a few minutes later they pop up over the hill behind us and fly right over us no more and a few hundred feet above. "Free", another thru hiker that we met a few days ago and just joined us at camp, said "You know what that was right? They just killed us. Practicing thier surprise attack in formation." I knew we were out here for fun but I didn't know we would be target practice!
For dinner we made tuna Mac. Which consists of instant Mac and cheese bowls, and a packet of tuna. I know what you are thinking, disgusting. But no! It's so good. This is the second time around the first was just that amazing. I hand the cookset lid to Jamie and begin to pour her half in. She quickly realizes it is way too hot to hold this metal pan with bare hands and unfolds the little metal wire handle. This was a bad idea. On only her second bite, as we are huddled together in the tent to stay out of the wind, the wire handle folds and the tuna Mac falls to the floor of the tent. All over Jamie's sleeping pad, sleeping bag, and sleeping socks too. I am amazed as Jamie doesn't skip a beat and just continues to use her spoon and takes bites of the spilled tuna Mac. We just carried that food twenty miles, don't want it to go to waste.
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