Not again. Here I am, the last one awake and no longer feeling a bit sleepy. There were a couple time earlier I could have fallen asleep but the kids were being too rambunctious....then everyone was drifting off to sleep and I thought "yes....this is finally the night I get some sleep while camping." But Bethany was feeling nervous thinking she heard footsteps and people laughing (although we were right near a stream so other than an occasional large rock/boulder being tumbled along). I finally got her settled down (or so I thought...she was restless all through the night...one time she said in her sleep "Can somebody help me?" It was so cute). So basically here I am wide awake with no computer down the hall...no midnight snack...or better yet no midnight snack while on the computer ; and now its dark and I'm hearing things.
Finally after a month off we were off on a backpacking/camping trip. This time we were going to check out Third Left Hand up Monroe Canyon. We have a Stake Hike coming up at the end of June so we wanted to check out the trail and see how the water crossings are looking and if they are still up.
I always thought that Third Left Hand was my favorite trail to hike on since it doesn't ascend too fast and there is a lot of vegetation and shade along with water to pump so you don't have to carry a lot with you. Well I had forgotten how much the vegetation is a pain (stinging nettles) and the bugs--don't get me started but their are bugs EVERYWHERE!!!
Even though we didn't get as much snow this year as some in the past there is still enough run off that its washed away a couple of crossings and forced one of the crossings through thick ant covered vegetation so the hiking part was cut short and we decided to just get out of Dodge and hopefully not go back until late summer/early fall remembering why we don't hike up there in spring and summer...just after the cold snaps and during winter with the ice and snow.
So next time I'll have to make like a camel and find some humps to pack my water in (& die from the weight); but we'll avoid the bugs and stinging nettle for a couple of months.
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