32 Miles
Couple Miles before Bridger Peak
Today was a a big day. Spins and I got up early and took off on the road with about five liters each of water remaining. The morning was cloudy which benefitted us greatly as far as the temperature was concerned. We were able to cruise on the road and followed its up and downs as we gradually entered sporadic land around us which had tree cover. The road hit a construction area and the hard red road turned into dusty rocky dirt road. After that area we finally hit some water but it was a saline stream so it wasn't drinkable. We ran into drinkable water shortly after thankfully right around the time out water was near gone. Around 19 miles in we turned off the road we have been on since leaving Rawlins and went along another dirt road until reaching actual trail. Along the dirt road there was a pretty sweet abandoned log cabin that was probably used for hunting.
When i reached trail I was super stoked because it was the first actual non-dirt road trail in weeks. Even better was walking through groves of aspen and pine where there was natural shade!! It was soooo nice to walk without the sun beating down on me. We crossed water and had lunch. Afterwards we hit patches of cross country where we followed cairns with big chunks of quartz ontop of them.
Then the clouds rolled in. It drizzled on and off and here and there for a bit. We continued to wind in and out of aspen groves and then started to hike up and gain elevation. We hit water again which was a small stream but that being said it was the most flowing water I've seen in a while. We stopped and ate again and Panama and Beth caught up and ate dinner there. It's our last water to town so we stocked up and headed further upwards to around 10,600 feet. Where the clouds were getting darker and drizzle began to start up again. That was enough of a signal for us and we set up, ate dinner, and called it a night after one long ass day. Yay for no more desert for now...
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