Had an early day Thursday, off Friday, soooo, I took a hike... Parked @ Eckville Shelter and Yo-Yo'd to Port Clinton... Took off @ 3pm Sobo from Eckville and was planning on staying on the South side of the Pinnacle, as there is a very cool site on the left side of the trail... Well, I got there, and was still feeling froggy, so I thought I just put new batteries in my headlamp, so why not continue to Furnace Creek Shelter, as there are some cool camping spots waaaay in the back... By the time I hit the boulder field right before the "Alter", it was very dark, and even tho my lamp is 200 lumens, I was kind second guessing myself, as I still had to go down Dan's Pulpit... No worries, as the moon was bright, going down was easier than I thought it would be... Bonus was the big Telescope was up and running... as many times as I have by there at night, I have never seen one open... Kinda cool... Got to the shelter aboot 9pm, there was someone in it, but it looked like he was sleeping, so I just keep going... Set up my tent, busted out my Wawa Italian hoagie, and chowed face... Woke up to 40 degrees(was hoping it would be colder) new bag was to warm, wound up using more like a quilt... was rolling outta there @ 5:30am, tagged the river in PC, and headed Nobo to Eckville... Met a really cool guy doing a SOBO Thru on top of the Pinnacle, named "Spinoza" from FLA. He is on a Sabbatical from teaching, and has a really cool journal (trailjournals.com/about.cfm?trailname=15910)... I just started reading it, and love his writing style... We even have 2 friends in common, Brakeman and Grasshopper, small world... Had the trail to myself all the way back to Eckville... BTW, the weather was perfect ...
West Rim Trail mid October to see the foliage, can't wait...
West Rim Trail mid October to see the foliage, can't wait...
1 Fish, 2 Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish...