Day 139

Weather:
Sunny and hot. Small evening rainshower.

Today's Hike:
Campsite to Wilcox Mtn. Shelter South - 18.5 miles

Today was horribly hot and muggy, and the mosquito's were down right awful! It was like a freakin' blood bath. There is not enough deet to keep them away.

Not only has all the rain helped create the largest mosquito breeding grounds in the history of mankind, but it has also completely washed out all our water sources. The streams look like chocolate milk; completely undrinkable. This became a problem after hiking several miles in the heat and we ran out of water. We would have another four miles and a 1,000 foot climb before we would come to another spring. There was no way we could make it. Conveniently we were walking through a neighborhood and Rocket decided to knock on someone's door to ask them if we could refill our water. Completely homeless. To make matters worse the people weren't even home, but we saw their garden hose on the side of their house and filled up anyway. What could we do? Homeless, homeless, homeless.

When all five of us met up for lunch, Grommet and Storm surprised us with cold Pepsi's and our favorite candy bars that they picked up at the previous road crossing. It was like trail magic :) By 5pm we still had five miles to go. We ate dinner at a shelter then continued north. We made it to camp by 8:30pm and got the tent up before the rain started. We can't wait until tomorrow when we get picked up by Angela. It's going to be an awesome day off!