Thirsty Thursday

May 26th 2016
Day 2:
             Today was another rise in elevation of about 4,000 feet and then begun the descent. I found the downhill to be much harder on my knees compared to uphill. I think it has something to do with the fact that I only have a piece of my ACL left in my right knee. When talking about fatigue, it was much harder walking uphill for sure.  It takes the breath right out of you, but walking downhill requires much more focus mentally and physically.

              We ended up hiking around 12 miles fairly quickly today, ending at about 2:30pm. We first stopped because this was the next water sighting for about 20 miles give or take.

Although risky, we followed the sign because we were low on water. After about a half mile hike, we ran into Torstan and Moses, who were actually the 64 and 39 year olds we met earlier on the trail. Eventually we ran into the giant basin of water that was placed there for hikers.

As we all sat around filtering our fresh ice cold water, Moses informed us of the upcoming fire closure. Lex and I had no idea what they were talking about.  So, we decided to hang around with them a bit because they seemed much more experienced than we. There was a sign with steps behind the basin we decided to follow down into, which led into a hikers heaven!  This campsite is run by a man named Josh, who is literally the nicest person ever.  He's letting us sleep in this camper tonight.

Bed in the camper

Although it's old and run down, I am excited to sleep in a bed and out of the cold temperatures. He currently is cooking us this homemade pizza, which sounds delicious! Unsure of what the plan is tomorrow, but we do plan to stay with Torstan and Moses for a little while. They are even sleeping in the living room of the camper with us, which makes me feel a little safer, considering there are about 15 other male hikers in the camp.

-Praying the pizza is good

Grimmzlybear