15.1 Miles
Weasel Spring
Spins and I got up late today and as a result ended up running into Styles who we finished with on the PCT and was also on the AT at our campsite. We chatted with him for a bit and he told us the water info north of here and we were going to take the longer Sweetwater Creek alternate along the over but because it took so long to get out of camp we decided to stick to the shorter official route. All morning the clouds rolled and at our first break two hikers came from the horizon up to us heading south. Q-Ball and Safety Officer were there names and I knew of them being behind us for a while and was waiting for them to catch us and they finally did. After our break the clouds continued providing wonderful shade and actually rained over in the distance near where we would have taken the alternate. We lunched at Upper Mormon Spring, the only water source for the day, and continued on towards Weasel Spring. It's only 15 miles from where we camped but the next decent source is 29 miles past it so we'll camp there then haul ass tomorrow to the next water source. As we got close to water the clouds thickened and the rain started with high winds. Now the whole CDT I've heard about the big bad dry hot as hell Great Divide Basin and here I am being rained on in the shade with high winds. We made it to the water and setting up the tent was an event in the rain and wind. It took forever but we actually set it up better than any of the nights prior. The rained and wind ceased eventually and we cooked dinner and got an early night to sleep so we can get up early tomorrow. Hauling all that water is going to suck.
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