September 25:Quincy-LaPorte Road

We tanked up on water at Summit Lake because the miles ahead were dry and dusty. The trail continued to wow us with beautiful views and miles that, although weren't easy, weren't really hard either. It always amazes me, and it was no different here, how we can look at the data book and see descents, and the trail always manages to take you on a climb first. Oh the joys of knowing too much and having expectations because of it. :)

The other thing that stood out about today was the wind. It was WINDY! Not the strongest wind we've had yet, but constant, blow you sideways, hard to walk wind. Sometimes a little wind feels nice if it's warm out, but this was just a bit much. We had to try hard to find places we could take a break without all our stuff blowing all over!

Toward the end of the day we crossed Quincy-LaPorte Road. We had taken a dirt road the last mile there (it paralleled our trail and took us closer to the creek we were aiming for, eliminating backtracking). The reason this road even stands out to us at all is that it was the official beginning of the fire closure earlier in the summer. We could have hiked to this roiad, but it gets very little traffic and would have been a hard hitch (out and then back in later when we came back). It was fun being there and knowing we were heading into territory where very few thru-hikers had gone this year.

We camped a couple miles passed this road, clearing some sticks to make a space our tarp would fit in. Throughout the night we kept hearing the crunching noises of some animal moving around, but Mark made some noise and it ran off. We were pretty sure it was a deer by the sound of it's footsteps. Day two down, four to go!

Total Miles:1237.8
Miles Today:26.0
Camp 142:In the Sticks

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