July 22, Day 94: 1447.3-1470.9
Miles Hiked: 23.6
Gratitude of the Day: I’m thankful for my friend Megan Rich. She’s a ball of fun and has the best karaoke skills of anyone I know.
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| Zippy’s “Good Morning” |
A day in the life
5:35: awake, bathroom, make my hiker latte which consists of instant coffee and a breakfast essential, filter a 1 liter of water, eat lemon cake for breakfast, pack snacks into Fanny pack. Pack up bag
6:08: leave camp
8:00: 5 miles covered, start listening to music
8:40: stop to dig a cat hole, aka poop aka Bio-break
9:00: 7.8 miles covered
9:55: stop to get water at Gold Creek 10.8 miles hiked. Hike 0.2 miles off trail to get water and come back to trail, filter water and take a break. Eat a snack.
10:25: start back down trail
11:00: 12.7 miles covered
12:00: 15.9 miles covered
12:18: stopped to get water at Deer Creek and then went to the campsite next to the creek for lunch. Lunch is a tortilla with peanut butter and jelly, meat stick and Korean BBQ chickpeas with crystal light lemonade. During lunch I lay out my ground sheet, take the shoes and socks off and relax. 16.6 miles covered.
1:30: start hiking
2:00: 18.3 miles covered
2:23: dip hat in cool stream, keep hiking
3:00: 21.4 miles covered
3:45: 23.6 miles covered and made it to camp.
Set up cowboy camp, wash in the creek, wash the legs and get all the salt off the face. Do laundry, wash all my socks, sun shirt, shorts and underwear and hang them out to dry for the morning.
6:00: make dinner, ramen noodles with tuna and some instant mashed potatoes with some knorr vegetable packet with siracha and French’s dried onions to top it.
7:00-9:30: sit in the dinner circle with the Salty Butt Bandits and enjoy conversation.
9:30: go to sleep.
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