Daily Log: Day 49

Day 49 – Sunday 8/30/2020 – 2066.8 – clearing, sunny, monsoon rain, sunny, cool. I woke at Stoney Creek Pass about 5 am. I packed up and hoisted my heavy back pack. Off I went. I’ll see Justin in three days. Today I have four climbs. Just before the third and biggest one I took a bad turn and went off trail about 0.5 miles down. So back I climbed. I don’t need to have any extra climbs especially today. As I’m climbing the monsoon rain begins to sprinkle. I put up my umbrella. Near the top I stop for lunch and met another hiker. As we’re talking the thunder booms. We stop our chat and he moves off. Then it really begins to rain about noon. It’s a cold rain and I stop to put on my ear muffs, buff, rain jacket, gloves and rain gloves. And I take off hiking to head to a lower elevation. I pass another hiker but I keep going. And then at 1:30 pm now lower the sun comes out. So I stop again and take off my extra protection and continue. The trail is thick with stiff bushes which are all wet with rain. As I brush them I get wetter and wetter. But as time goes by the hot sun dries me off. I stop for my final water and afterwards I start searching for a dry and flat campsite site. I find a plot, and put up my tent. I’m in a valley and more rain clouds are threatening. As I’m laying in my tent it gets sprinkled, but luckily nothing more. I’m tired and it’s 4:30 pm. It’s been a long day…