May 27, Day 38: 583.3-608.9
Miles Hiked: 25.6
Gratitude of the Day: I’m thankful for finally walking on soft pine needles.
What a terrible night of sleep, between the high wind gusts and the road construction happening in the wind farm that’s being built and the full moon, I think I got around 2 hours of sleep. The day started out great, I left camp at 6am and got my 10 miles in by 10am. I also saw my first rattlesnake, it was just sunning itself in the trail. Nearly made it out of the desert with seeing one, just 93 more miles of desert to go until the unofficial start of the Sierra’s in Kennedy Meadows.
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| My first rattlesnake |
The group made the decision to push big miles today, mainly because of the water source issues and dry camping sucks. I can tell we’re gaining in elevation because we’ve gone from sand and manzanita trees to a trail covered in pine needles and fir trees line the trail.
We passed the 600 mile mark today, and my pack is still extremely heavy with all the food. It was another rough day for me and now my left shin is starting to nag me. I almost didn’t push the last 7 miles to camp with the group because of it, but I just took my time and got into camp at 7:20pm. Tonight we’re at an established campground, there’s pit toilets and an amazing water source. The next several days should be light water carries as there are established water caches and springs. Hopefully my shin will hold up until I can truly rest it at Kennedy Meadows.
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