The plan was to wake up at 5:00am and either get going or go back to sleep depending on whether it was still raining or not. It was not raining so we began packing up.

April 28

4:00am hit and I woke Rickets to begin our 22 mile trek to food. You can only be so quiet when packing up and the five of us were packed pretty closely. Raptor

April 27

No hail this morning so that was nice. Unfortunately, camping next to a stream always means dew and in this case that meant ice on all the tents. It was another fast pack up

April 26

I took a gamble and lost big time. I hadn't set up my tarp yet on the trip and even though the weather forecast had been questionable I decided to cowboy camp again. At

April 25

Papa Smurf cooked a fabulous breakfast of potatoes, eggs, and pancakes for the eighteen of us there. It was quite the affair all of us migrating between the living room and the kitchen.

We

April 24

With nowhere to be until the afternoon shuttle the five of us slept in until after 6:00am. Hot coffee, orange juice, and the sounds of the morning shuttle group eventually got us up,

April 23

After the late night we slept in until 5:30am before breaking camp. We still had 15 miles to cover before water and it was all downhill, dropping over 7000 ft. A grade of

April 22

Our first morning in town began with 6-inch diameter sticky buns and realizing once again how much extra food weight we had given how close the next town was. After un-exploding out packs we

April 21

Another 4am morning. We passed Carolyn and Abby as they were getting up and then gradually passed everyone who had night-hiked past us in various states of waking up.

Carolyn and Abby caught us

April 20

Wake up was at 4:20am and we were on trail at 5:15am (still working on streamlining set-up and break-down). It was up hill for most of the early morning until sunrise at