We finally made it to a backpacking trip. This one is the first backpacking trip of the year, and is suppose to fill one of the required hikes for the backpacking merit badge.
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We started out at the trail head about a mile from my house. I was worried about snow levels, so we planned to stay below 7 thousand feet.
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We hiked through some very green country still in the spring mode with lots of flowers. This south facing slope looks pretty barren most of the year.
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I barely finished sewing this tarp tent. I need to take it to work and weigh it. But, the scouts used it, and it kept them dry and kept their packs lighter.
The first day was probably 3 miles. The next day was the brunt of our hiking. The first half was spent ascending over a saddle at 7000'. Here are pictures of the trail up.
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That last picture shows the cows sitting on the saddle.
After the saddle, the rest was down hill. It was pretty steep, and I am glad we were going down and not up.
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When we got to the bottom of the canyon to camp, all the good spots were on the other side of the river. Generally this river is a small stream. But with the heavy late snow, it was moving pretty good. It was a good experience for the boys to wade across a freezing stream.
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Our last campsite was very pretty and green.
Here is my hammock.
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We were awakened around midnight to a very chilling scream. I couldn't tell what it was, but it sounded awful. And it sounded to be getting closer and closer. When I got home and did some web searching, I would say it sounded like a fox. Not as dramatic as I thought, but man was it a freaky, bone chilling scream.
Saturday morning we packed up and headed home. We probably hiked about 3 miles down hill the last morning. We did a total of 15 for the 2 nights. The boys loved it and can't wait for our next one scheduled in 2 weeks.
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