Monday 9/7/08
Weather:
30's in the morning.
High around 65 degrees.
Sunny, no rain.
Today's Hike: Stratton to East Flagstaff Rd. - 16.7 miles
After eating breakfast this morning, Billy Hoot and Nutmeg began to figure out how they could canoe past the Bigelow's instead of hiking over them. During their conversation Grommet and I figured out that we could slackpack 17 miles over the entire Bigelow range. So at 9:30am the girls got ready for their canoe trip and Grom and I were putting our days packs together. By 10am we were at the trailhead.
The day was beautiful, sunny and cool. We made good timing and I was repeatedly thankful for not carrying a full pack.
At lunch we stopped at a viewpoint where we could see the Bigelows. Holms and Watson were also their enjoying lunch. Watson is a huge hound dog. For lunch, Grommet had packed out left over pizza. I pulled the pizza out and laid it on the rock beside me then reached over to grab my camera when Watson came out running out of nowhere and promptly inhaled a piece of pizza. Ahhhhh! Well, thank goodness we also had the fixings for PB&J's. Inc., who was also there for lunch was listing off the "only" foods that Watson liked to eat. Pizza did not make his list, so I was sure to add it.
After lunch we made our way over the Bigelows's, our last huge mountain range for a few days. The summits on the East Peak and Avery Peak were incredible. We could see Flagstaff Lake to our right, another stream to our left and beautiful mountains all around us.
We made it to the road a little after 8pm and called the hostel to come pick us up. When we got back we cooked veggie faijitas for dinner and took a second shower. It was lights out by 11pm; way way past hiker midnight.
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