Day 2 – Tuesday 7/14/2020 – 1291.3 – woke at 4:30 am and hiking at 5:15 am. I was a long way from the trail, but surprisingly it didn’t take long to get back on it. The first bit was point to point over chaparral but then I got on a dirt road which is so much easier. I passed by Oregon and California trail markers. At 1 pm I stopped for lunch at Weasel Spring and I should have stopped for the day but there were no good camping spots. So I went on and finally tented on a grassy flat with cows. They weren’t happy and moved off. I’m hiking on the high plains 8700’. There are no trees. The morning starts out calm but as the day progresses the wind gusts from 5-15 mph. My little tent is not good in wind. With no trees there are no wind breaks. Nor are there any flat open areas. Everywhere is sandy soil and low to the ground bushes. The soil is very compact and hard to push in tent stakes. Today I had to use a rock as a tent stake hammer.
