Mile 478 to Red Carpet Cashe at mile 486
I've learned with the desert that I have to get up and hike or hike late. To start hiking at noon is a good way to have a hard day. When I arrived at Casa de Luna I was planning on another zero day, but by the time I went to bed I was planning on hiking out late in the day. So I slept in (6:30), drank tea, eat pancakes, and just lounged about.
Lots of people made it out of the vortex this morning-it sounded like some people had been there for days. Around 11 other hikers arrived to fill the gap. Most of those people were my group from the Saufly's.
I was packed up and ready at 4 with the goal of leaving at 4:30. Leaving took a little longer than expected, but we were in the car just after 5 and on trail not long after that. For the second time in two days I've left my group behind with no idea when I'll see them again. The group I left with is the same group that I road with to Casa de Luna.
The sun was still mighty hot as the group started up the trail. There was a partial solar eclipse that started around 5:30. It had been talk of the trail for a little while. Glancing up ever so quickly while cruising along I could see the shadow of the moon eating into the sun. It was neat, but not nearly as cool as I was expecting.
Everybody I left with was planning on doing eight miles to the Red Carpet water cashe and we pretty much stayed within sight of each other. I arrived at camp (water in cashe, flat ground, picnic table) at 8:15 hungry and tired.
I put my tent up instead of attacking dinner, and the it was time to eat. I made a double dinner of cheesy broccoli and couscous soup. It hardly fit in my pot and the couscous was undercooked, but it's still one of my favorite meals out here
I've learned with the desert that I have to get up and hike or hike late. To start hiking at noon is a good way to have a hard day. When I arrived at Casa de Luna I was planning on another zero day, but by the time I went to bed I was planning on hiking out late in the day. So I slept in (6:30), drank tea, eat pancakes, and just lounged about.
I was packed up and ready at 4 with the goal of leaving at 4:30. Leaving took a little longer than expected, but we were in the car just after 5 and on trail not long after that. For the second time in two days I've left my group behind with no idea when I'll see them again. The group I left with is the same group that I road with to Casa de Luna.
Everybody I left with was planning on doing eight miles to the Red Carpet water cashe and we pretty much stayed within sight of each other. I arrived at camp (water in cashe, flat ground, picnic table) at 8:15 hungry and tired.
I put my tent up instead of attacking dinner, and the it was time to eat. I made a double dinner of cheesy broccoli and couscous soup. It hardly fit in my pot and the couscous was undercooked, but it's still one of my favorite meals out here
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