Day 63 - Tuesday, June 29

Tenting near an unnamed lake and spring (mile 1041.4). Walked 16.8 miles today.

Woke up at 5:20 and took my time getting ready. We don't need to do huge miles to get to town by the end of the week. We rolled out of camp at 8 am sharp and continued yesterday's downhill for a few miles.

We then hit a very steep uphill where the heat and humidity started to get to us.

At our first water source of the day, I stuck my head under a small waterfall in order to cook off. A few minutes later, I discovered that my sunscreen had exploded in my hip belt pocket. I cleaned it up as best I could and am now guaranteed to not burn today.

We hiked on and after a few more miles if hiking through wildflower meadows, got to a nice campsite where we took a break.

From here, we set a meeting place for lunch and I took off up a long climb.

After the climb, we had some gently rolling hills and great mountain views.

We had lunch by a small stream and Frank asked me if I had noticed the clouds. I hadn't but they were getting a little dark and we had some rumbles of thunder as we left our lunch spot. After a few more miles, the clouds were darker and the lightening and thunder were more frequent.

I wanted to continue on, but Frank (probably wisely) convinced me to take shelter with her under some trees at a campsite and wait for the slow-moving storms to pass. After an hour or so in which we only got a few drops of rain (and Frank got a nap in) we hiked on, both feeling a little tired.

After another climb, we got to a campsite and made dinner. After dinner, we decided not to hike over the next pass but to save it for tomorrow as we're both really tired.