7/9/15 Day 76, Lake City M2047.5 to Yurt M2056.2 11,871′
Yurt – Nights Spent Alone: 10
8.6, 1398.7 Trip Miles
Partly Sunny, Rain
Day’s of Snow: 7 – Day’s of Rain: 28 – Days of Hail: 13
# of Zero days: 7
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
Unicorn
Wolf
Buffalo
Critter Count
1 Chipmunk
1 Deer
Totals
1) 530 Pronghorn*
2) 246 Elk
3) 151 Chipmunks
4) 119 Lizards
5) 116 Wild Horses
6) 82 Deer**
7) 74 Marmot****
8) 50 Squirrels
9) 46 Ground Squirrels
10) 41 Cotton Tail Rabbits
11) 30 Pika
12) 30 Prairie Dogs
13) 22 Horny Toads
14) 17 Jack Rabbit***
15) 11 Moose
16) 8 Snakes
17) 4 Coyotes
18) 5 Moles
19) 2 Fox
20) 2 Porcupine
21) 2 Rattle Snakes
22) 2 Toads
23) 1 Mouse
24) 1 Skunk
25) 1 Weasel
*181 from car, **3 from car, ***1 from car, ****2 from car
Last night this guy staying at the hostel left at 10 pm then came back at 11:30 pm and proceeded to make a shit ton of noise. He rustled plastic bags, clang dishes, left lights on, snored and more. I was livid.
I only slept till around 7 or so today. The morning was spent hanging out and eating. Rafiki and I went to the Cafe and had a pretty good breakfast. By 11:30 I had my food we were on the way back to the trail.
We only had 8.6 miles to go. We started in the sun and by the end it was raining. Lucky for us the yurt was open. CT Barbie who is on the Colorado Trail was with us but well behind us so she got really wet. Kelly (Scratchy) and his wife Elizabeth (Itchy) showed up even later. It’s a full house.
The rain hasn’t stopped and it’s now 8:08. I pray that it’s not raining tomorrow. We have 24.8 mile day planned with a lot of ridge line to walk. Almost no trees at all.
Scatman
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