April 4 Tuesday
Miles today 12.3
Total miles 92
Muskrat creek shelter to standing Indian shelter
Today was veryyyyy long. We collected all of our wet belongings and hung them outside our packs so they could dry. It felt like a slow morning packing up. The hiking wasn't too strenuous today, just a lot of miles to put in to get to the next shelter. People like to get to the next shelter generally because there are other campers and a secure-ish structure around in case something goes wrong (weather wise etc). There was a bigger climb but it wasn't crazy steep like the one tomorrow will be. Weather today turned out lovely after we left camp and went about a mile or so; the sun came out and stayed out, it didn't get too hot and was breezy. Not everything is dry yet but it's much better than yesterday. When we go to camp tonight there were clothes and gear hanging up every where as people attempted to dry out the remainder of their things in the decent weather.
So far the dogs have been good and staying right with us. We have been able to have them off the leash and they do good to stay between us while we hike and come when we call them as people approach. Hope is good and chill but isn't always the quickest to get out of the way sometimes; bailey is usually good to come to me when I call her but she's pretty hit or miss on if she will bark or growl a little at people going by. We can't figure out if there's something specific that makes her do that or what, she's getting better overall though I think. In other events, hope has popped a sleeping pad in the night, and on a seperate occasion, pooped in the tent and on my jacket then when we let her out of the tent, she disappeared into the 2am fog cloud where is was impossible to find her until she came back. Wow what a night that was. They have been eating at the end of the day but don't always eat super great in the morning. They still look good and haven't been losing a ton of weight yet that we can tell. They are definitely ready for the tent and bed at the end of the day but are getting the routine and like the hiking during the day, sniffing everything and galloping around. I'm usually behind and they, especially bailey will always look and wait for me if I'm not in eyesight; it's really cute and sweet :-)
The last few miles weren't too good for Brayden. His socks from yesterday were still soaked and caused his feet to be saturated all day (trench foot??). By the end of the day he ended up taking off his shoes because his feet were rubbing them so bad it felt better to have them off. So he ended up hiking around 2 miles in bare feet with his pack! Luckily the terrain wasn't horrible and he was able to make it to the campsite as planned. Hopefully they have enough time to recover tonight and he is able to continue tomorrow. Crossing our fingers, happy trails.
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