Up at 5:30 AM and packing up
Bougie breakfast of peach cobbler MRE & coffee (first cup since getting on trail)

Road walked back to trail head (~1/2 mile)
Greeted with beautiful desert mountain views

Overcast and blustery in the AM

Hit the 50 mile marker on trail 🥳

Hiked through rolling hills green with brush and shrubs. Still suffering from hitchhiker caterpillars - they are everywhere and cover most bushes you walk past - can’t avoid them catching a ride.

Stopped after 5 miles at picnic site for snacks and a break - shoes off and feet up laying on the picnic table = slice of heaven. Filled up on water and hiked on.

Trail climbs to what looks like an old road with crazy scary overlook of desert mountains below.

Memorial on rock face along trail & overlook.

Hiked on some sketchy ledges up and around bends on trail with scary drop offs…

More rolling green hills. Some have big rolly polly boulders & boulder fields.

Rattlesnake on edge of trail - rattled us and slid away.

Jackrabbit sighting in the shrubs - he was so scared of us!

Saw a Bird flying with snake in mouth.

Water party at big spigot on trail - met and chatted with some other hikers.

Hiked a few more miles down down down into a valley and setup tents.

Chatted with another hiker ____ over dinner (peanut butter pasta was delicious, especially with extra peanut butter added in!).

Finished setting up camp and into the tent.