8/6/15 Day 104 – Saddle M2202 to Harkness Lakes M2234.2 8441′
Tent – Nights Spent Alone: 15
32.2, 2040.7 Trip Miles
Mostly Cloudy and Rain / Hail / lightening
6:13 to 8:20 pm
Day’s of Snow: 8 – Day’s of Rain: 37 – Days of Hail: 18
# of Zero days: 11
Gila Crossings Final Total: 221
Tick Count: 4 (4 more crawling on me)
Wanted List
Mountain Goat
Grizzly Bear
Sasquatch
Black Bear
Bighorn Sheep
Velociraptor
Mountain Lion
Beaver – SPOTTED
Unicorn
Wolf
Buffalo
Critter Count
3 Chipmunks
Totals
1) 618 Pronghorn*
2) 384 Elk*7
3) 267 Chipmunks *5
4) 174 Deer*2
5) 153 Marmot*4
6) 120 Lizards*6
7) 116 Wild Horses
8) 92 Squirrels *9
9) 60 Ground Squirrels*10
10) 54 Pika
11) 46 Cotton Tail Rabbits *8
12) 30 Prairie Dogs
13) 22 Horny Toads
14) 17 Jack Rabbit*3
15) 14 Moose
16) 8 Snakes
17) 5 Coyotes
18) 5 Moles
19) 4 Porcupine
20) 2 Mouse
21) 2 Fox
22) 2 Rattle Snakes
23) 2 Toads
24) 1 Beaver
25) 1 Badger
26) 1 Skunk
27) 1 Weasel
*259 from car, *2 – 48 from car, *3 – 1 from car, *4 – 2 from car, *5 – 1 off trail, *6 – 1 off trail, *7 – 9 from car, *9 – 1 from car, *10 – 5 off trail
Well the wind lasted most of the night. The rain didn’t last very long. I had to prop up my individual food bags and pack on my left side, the door side of my tent to block the rain and wind from hitting me.
When we woke up we were in the clouds. The result was everything was damp. At lunch we would have a yard sale to dry out. The day started off with wet grass, cool temperatures, and low clouds. It wasn’t until noon that the clouds final started to lift and we got some decent sunshine.
The hiking itself was much easier than yesterday. We had s few climbs but they weren’t too bad. Beaverhead National Forest containing Nicholia Creek was very pretty. I will come back and ride this section of trail.
The landscape has mainly been open sage fields with small sections of trail cutting through thick or some times very thin spruce? forests. The mountain sides are barren for the most part. Just grass and sage. Once in a while there’s a group of trees or willow covered valley. As simple as it is the beauty is there if you look.
Scatman
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