Thursday Morning Hike

This shot I took at about 7 am this morning. We started hiking shortly after 5 am to get in some good miles before it got too hot. We're about 14 miles into the day and enjoying a much-deserved siesta before trying to get another 8 miles done so we can camp at the hot springs tonight.

Right now we're hanging out at Deep Creek and I wish I had a fishing pole because I can see the trout swimming around! I would go swimming myself but the water is from snowmelt and freezing! Instead I washed my socks and the bottoms of my zip-off pants. While letting them dry the wind blew one of them into the water and I later found it about 100 yards downstream caught on a branch. I was lucky.