{"id":696,"date":"2020-07-21T21:00:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T02:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1fifoto.com\/cdt_hiking\/?p=696"},"modified":"2020-10-13T20:14:26","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T01:14:26","slug":"daily-log-day-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1fifoto.com\/cdt_hiking\/2020\/07\/21\/daily-log-day-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Log: Day 9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Meetup: <\/strong>Day 9 – Tuesday 7\/21\/2020 – 1404.9<\/a> – clear, sunny, hot, windy afternoon. I woke at 4:20 am, packed up, had my pop tart and MIO water, and was on trail at about 5:05 am. Today was going to be my longest day yet – 22 miles. I was zipping along. First part was on a dirt road. I did a climb up to a hill top and on the far side was a very steep descent. I had to get out my hiking poles for the first time. I went by several evaporation ponds in a park. The country is changing. It is getting more hilly. But then after a while the road stopped and I had to navigate point to point. Now it was very slow going. It was very hard on me. After a few miles I was exhausted and finally came to a dirt road. Just down the road I saw Justin\u2019s Jeep driving towards me. What? He was supposed to meet me two miles later but here he was early. Yippee! I\u2019ll take it. I put my pack in the Jeep, had a short 30 minute break, drank a Coke, and prepared to slack pack the remaining miles. He left to do more errands. It was a slog even with no heavy pack but I completed all 22 miles by 2:30 pm. A NOBO thru-hiker named Moonshine stopped by for a free cold Coke. Justin and I had chicken quesadillas, chips, bean dip, and lots of water. The plains are ending and the hills are coming. I can feel it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the hill top looking down at some evaporation ponds in a park. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking back at what I just descended. Up to now I’ve not needed my hiking poles, but this time I did.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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OMG I got cell signal! Wishing my sweetheart a happy anniversary. I miss you so much. (Photograph Courtesy of J. Watt)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Miles and miles of road. Our campsite for the night. (Photograph Courtesy of J. Watt)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meetup: Day 9 – Tuesday 7\/21\/2020 – 1404.9 – clear, sunny, hot, windy afternoon. I woke at 4:20 am, packed up, had my pop tart and MIO water, and was on trail at about 5:05 am. Today was going to be my longest day yet – 22 miles. I was zipping along. First part was … Continue reading “Daily Log: Day 9”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-log","category-hike","category-meetup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1fifoto.com\/cdt_hiking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1fifoto.com\/cdt_hiking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1fifoto.com\/cdt_hiking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1fifoto.com\/cdt_hiking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1fifoto.com\/cdt_hiking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/1fifoto.com\/cdt_hiking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1504,"href":"https:\/\/1fifoto.com\/cdt_hiking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696\/revisions\/1504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1fifoto.com\/cdt_hiking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1fifoto.com\/cdt_hiking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1fifoto.com\/cdt_hiking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}