We were so excited to leave this morning and get going on our hike. First Camp Lockett gives you an all you can eat breakfast. They charge $15.00 to help pay for everything and whatever money is left over goes to a children’s horse therapy charity and to a Veteran’s charity. They all volunteer their time and are extremely helpful to answer any questions hikers have.
I had two marvelous pancakes which I spread with peanut butter and then cut a banana onto it. I can hear my kids now, “ you don’t like pancakes” well I loved those ones! Papa Bear must have some magic mix. He was one of the trail angels there helping out.
We saw some of the abandoned buildings from the original Camp Lockett, very interesting place.
So the first few miles were easy going, then more ups and downs. After crossing the railroad tracks we weaved up and around a bit. We stopped once for a water refill and took a small snack/lunch break. We made a mistake here, We each filled out water bottles but I have an extra big one we did not fill, and it was hot, we were drinking a lot of water. We did camel up but still had several miles to go till camp.
The path was pretty over grown, with bushes and shrubs pushing in at both sides. I had to wrench my walking sticks out constantly. They pulled and scratched at anything hanging off our packs. It was not fun.
Then we started climbing a bit, it was about a thousand feet but it just about did me in.
We managed 11 miles until we got to our tent site. We had enough water for tomorrow but not enough for dinner that night. I had to beg water from another hiker so we could eat.
We boiled our water to soak our food and then went to set up our tent. Neither one of us could finish our dinner, it was only 8 pm but it had been a long day and all we wanted was to lie down and get warm.
More tomorrow,
Until then be well,
ramblingduo 