I hadn't hiking in about 6 weeks so I was itching to get into the mountains. I had just stubbed my toe really bad on Monday jumping over a cooler of beer so I wasn't up for anything but a short trip. I decided to do just a short out and back overnighter, plus my trail runners were new and needed a little field testing. So I put a post in a forum somewhere else (forgive me) and got hit from Kerosenehat. Well it turns out that we know each other, I was the project manager that built the cafeteria that he manages- what are the odds of that?

It was a great day and we hiked along at an easy pace, taking time to smell the roses:


Had camp fire:
Finally remember to bring the bourbon, Yeah!


saw some views:


And some road kill:

Heard an owl, had three over night T-storms, and it was all good. One day I'll figure out how to post pictures. Not sure why it is doing what it is.

It was hanging on the pole. Maupin Field Shelter has about 50+ camp sites and probably 4 or 5 bear poles.