STAYED UGLY ALL DAY

DID SOMETHING I HAVE NOT DONE IN OVER 55 YEARS...I HITCH-HIKED FROM WHERE I PARKED THE VAN/TRAILER BACK TO SAM. WAS RATHER ENJOYABLE & WILL DO IT SOME MORE.

RAINED & RAINED & RAINED SOME MORE ALL DAY...THE HIGHWAY WAS A RIVER FLOWIN INTO AND THRU MY SHOES FOR THE 32 MILES SAM & ME WALKED TODAY.

WITHOUT QUESION, THE MOST DIFFICULT WALKING DAY YET...SAM, OF COURSE, TOOK IT ALL IN STRIDE. IT IS NOT ALL DOWN HILL FROM GOVERNMENT CAMP TO KAH-NEE-TA...WHERE WE SIT AT 7:12 PM. TRIED TO FIND THE RESORT, BUT CANNOT. NO DISTANCES ON THE READER BOARD & AM JUST TOO POOPED TO GO ON A HUNTING TRIP.

SO, AM CHARGING SAM UP WITH THE GENERATOR SET FOR A COUPLE HOURS. SHE DEPLETED
"RED" AND PUT A GOOD DENT IN "GREEN" BATTERY PACK. SHE CLIMBED 3 HILLS; ONE WAS 5 MILES LONG AT OVER 6% GRADE; SECOND WAS EVEN STEEPER, BUT ONLY ONE MILE LONG; THIRD WAS ABOUT 5% ABOUT 3/4 MILES LONG.

ALL THE REST OF 32 MILES, I PUSHED...OR RATHER HELD SAM FROM RUNNING AWAY DOWN MILES AND MILES AND MILES OF 5% PLUS DOWNGRADES. I KNOW IT IS MORE WORK...AND DEMANDING ON THE ARMS AND LEGS GOING DOWN HILL HOLDING BACK A 150 # CART. ALSO VERY EASY TO DO DAMAGE TO MUSCLES AND TENDONS GOING DOWN HILL.

NOW THAT OUR WALK FOR THE DAY IS COMPLETE, OF COURSE, IT HAS STOPPED RAINING.

TOMORROW PLAN A SHORT WALK OF 19 MILES TO WARM SPRINGS. PERHAPS WE WILL FIND A ROOM WHERE WE CAN GET SOME RECOVERY. SURE COULD USE A GOOD SNUGGLE..

ALSO TOOK SOME AWESOME PICS OF 18-WHEELERS SCREAMING PAST SAM INCHES AWAY THROWING A CASCADE OF SWIRLING WATER EVERYWHERE. I SWEAR THOSE TRUCKERS HAVE A GAME GOING...SEE HOW CLOSE TO BRUCE'S ELBOW YOU CAN GET A WHEEL WITHOUT TOUCHING...WILL POST PICS IN A DAY OR 2 WHEN WE OPT FOR A REAL ROOM.