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Have to blog from the bus to the airport on Monday morning before it all fades from memory.
This week was special because my two best friends from high school had come up to visit. My buddy, Matt in California who hikes and backpacks, and my buddy, Farris in Kansas who hikes "when I make [him.]"
We did about 7 miles to Buckhorn Lake in Friday and gained maybe 1500 feet or more. It was cloudy, overcast skies, cool, and breezy, perfect for carrying a big pack. There was also a lot of shared group gear that I wanted to carry. The hike was great. I will come back early next summer to see the rhododendrons blooming on the first stretches of this hike. Soon we came to a junction with a 0.7 mile hike trail off to an old mine. We took a little snack and water break, then decided to just keep heading to the lake, with a day hike option past camp to Buckhorn Pass.
We hit a camp of boy scouts on their way out, but staying the night at Tubal Cain Mine. We kept moving, hitting the switchbacks and the long climb to the Buckhorn Lake trail. Reached the beautiful lake around 3, and we set up right next to the lake and creek feeding the lake. The weather started clearing up, but we wanted to stay in camp. The evening was great with too much to blog about while being jostled in the back of the 574. A true onion did present itself. In preparing dinner I dropped the pot of cooked pasta. Matt and Farris helped me wash and salvage a lot of it. All in all not too gritty, but it was one of the many ways my friends showed they are always there for me.
We woke up late, which was great and caught the sun coming up over the peaks above buckhorn lake. We packed up and hiked to the trail junction. I took a pack with food and water and we got to the pass. Soaked in the views and then hiked out. All sunny, amazing meadows, nice light packs. Amazing weekend for number 100. Both my friends have been on a hike or two, but never all three of us.
Now, I'm almost to the airport where I fly to Utah to meet Creighton. We will begin a 2 week trip in the Wind River Mountains on Wednesday morning. I an committing to nightly journals in the winds. This should help keep my blogs more vivid. Weeks 101 and 102 will be posted hopefully by August 20th.
Orchid: My two best friends in a great trip
Onion: Dropped pasta.
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Map later too.
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