To Ten Mile Shelter

Everyone seemed to be up a bit earlier than usual this morning, maybe because of the cold night that kept us from solid sleep.
Since it was the third day into the hike, we took some time to sift through which clothes were less smelly than the others before dressing.


After breakfast, filling and sterilizing water bottles, and packing up gear we headed out at 9:30 for an 8 mile day.









We stayed in four groups of varying speeds but met up several times throughout the day. At the bottom of one hill, Peg, Sue, and I, who made up the slowest group, once again were met by some trail heroes who took our packs up a particularly steep section.


At the top everyone gathered for a break, as we did several times.











At one of our breaks, most of us enjoyed a cold, but refreshing hair wash by one of the streams.








All in all good day but very tiring at the end. I found myself putting just one foot in front of the other and plodding along down the switchback and through the last elevated root covered river walk. The night ended with good fun at Ten Mile Shelter and hopefully a better sleep than last night.

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