Date: 2019-03-26
To: Typical Day
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: drizzle

While  I have Internet I thought I would give up just a brief rundown of a typical day even though I haven¢t been out here that long. I wake up early and it doesn¢t get light until well after seven so it¢s still quite dark but I will start my routine by changing out of my sleep clothes which are basically long underwear and find my dirty stinky hiking clothes which I have shoved into the sleeping bag to try to warm them up a little bit before putting them on. I¢ll get dressed and into my hiking cloths, start packing what I can inside the tent like my sleeping bag & pad, before getting outside. Sleep clothes are stufed, bag and pad stuffed then its on to tent. I move around the tent pulling out all the tent pegs and knock the dirt off of them then I¢ll pull down the rain fly and disconnect it from the tent itself then removing the tent poles putting them in their bag, fold up the tent shove it into the stuff sack and then the rain fly goes in on top of that and I compress all that so it fits in the pack. I stuff my sleeping bag And clothes into my pack and I follow that down inside the trash compactor bag in case it rains during the day and that will keep those key items dry then the tent the cookie kit food and everything else that the water can¢t really hurt goes in on top of the sleeping bag and clothes that are inside the trash compactor bag. Once you get everything loaded inside your pack and strap it on and start your morning hike. I try to hike for at least an hour,  hour and a half maybe even two hours and then take a morning break,  eat a breakfast bar, energy bar, pop tarts some little snack just to get a little burst of energy because again after camping in one of the gaps at night you¢re going to immediately start walking uphill and often times I can¢t go more than a 50 or 100 yards and then it¢s time to take a 10 second break and you just keep repeating that until you eventually get to the top of one of these many mountains. After a short break you then you¢re hiking again for another two hours and then it¢s time to take a lunch break. basically you are  looking for a good view spot so you can look out over the many valleys in the gap¢s and have a little lunch, which might be a pita or a tortilla with some peanut butter spread on it or some jerky or trail mix, just whatever easy to have during lunch because obviously nobody takes the time to cook at lunch.  Other hikers of been great sharing information and giving you tips on things I¢ve learned some good tips about my tent that has been helpful. You can¢t camp anywhere you want to contrary to what some people might think. There are tenting areas around the shelters if you choose not to sleep in the shelter. You are asked to stay on those areas and that helps reduce the impact to the environment & hikers are not just camping wherever they want to. In addition the trail is either going up or down a mountain there¢s no level ground to place a tent anyway so that¢s why all these tent sites or shelters are in the gap¢s between the mountains so that there¢s a somewhat level land and gives you an opportunity to set your tent. Atnight you reverse the morning activity- find tent site, find water, filter water, set up tent, change out of hiking clothes, rest then decide on your dinner. Cook ir not (heat water to hydrate something) talk to other hikers, now its cold, so crawl into sleeping bag for the night.