The morning after the storm...we slowly woke and started preparing to break camp.
Jeremiah gave me some Granola and berries, which I ate for breakfast. It was still raining pretty hard, with no sign of any relief. My whole body was in agony, stiff with pain I could barely get out of my sleeping bag. When I did, I realized there was an abundance of water and mud underneath our tent...which was ice cold!
Note to self: tuck your shoe laces into your hiking boots and keep them underneath cover to keep them from getting soaked.
We packed our gear into our packs. We took down the muddy, soaked tents and packed them, lastly we took down the tarp, which had protected Jeremiah from the elements. We picked up our garbage and when we left the campsite we tried to leave it in the same condition as we had found it. We hadn't even started but you could already feel how miserable this day would be.
The trail was full of 2-3 inches of water, so we tried walking to the sides or around the deep streams of water running down the middle of the the trail. After laying on the cold tent all night it was almost enjoyable to be up and walking with my heavy North Face pack and warm Gortex BDU Coat...yes, you know it, shameless plugs!
We quickly approached Rt 66 and could hear the cars and trucks speeding on the wet asphalt. After descending a steep incline we crossed a rushing stream and walked a quarter of a mile on the road underneath the highway. We were in good spirits and enjoying the hike despite the cold rain and conditions. Thats when I glanced up at the looming mountain in front of us. "oh crap," I thought.
Jeremiah assured us, that it was a gentle incline over two miles and that there was nothing to be alarmed at...yeah right.
Jeremiah gave me some Granola and berries, which I ate for breakfast. It was still raining pretty hard, with no sign of any relief. My whole body was in agony, stiff with pain I could barely get out of my sleeping bag. When I did, I realized there was an abundance of water and mud underneath our tent...which was ice cold!
Note to self: tuck your shoe laces into your hiking boots and keep them underneath cover to keep them from getting soaked.
We packed our gear into our packs. We took down the muddy, soaked tents and packed them, lastly we took down the tarp, which had protected Jeremiah from the elements. We picked up our garbage and when we left the campsite we tried to leave it in the same condition as we had found it. We hadn't even started but you could already feel how miserable this day would be.
The trail was full of 2-3 inches of water, so we tried walking to the sides or around the deep streams of water running down the middle of the the trail. After laying on the cold tent all night it was almost enjoyable to be up and walking with my heavy North Face pack and warm Gortex BDU Coat...yes, you know it, shameless plugs!
We quickly approached Rt 66 and could hear the cars and trucks speeding on the wet asphalt. After descending a steep incline we crossed a rushing stream and walked a quarter of a mile on the road underneath the highway. We were in good spirits and enjoying the hike despite the cold rain and conditions. Thats when I glanced up at the looming mountain in front of us. "oh crap," I thought.
Jeremiah assured us, that it was a gentle incline over two miles and that there was nothing to be alarmed at...yeah right.
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