Date: 2023-08-30
From: Stealth Site

To: Route 2
Miles today: 13.2

Although we didn¢t have the best tent site last night, but it was extremely quiet and peaceful at the top of Mount Hight. I really liked that, because even in the woods things can seem chaotic. Bandit caught up to us at our tent site and waited for us to pack up our tent. Then we hiked 0.1 to the peak of Mount Hight. The views were absolutely stunning! We had a 360 degree view in the middle of the whites. We could even see Mt. Washington! There were several layers of clouds and they hung down low in the valley. The mountain peaks looked like little islands above the clouds. Absolutely breathtaking. I can¢t believe these are the views we get to see first thing in the morning. From there we walked a couple of more slow miles, and then the rain finally came. We love rain. And soggy clothes. And slippery rocks. And river trail. And mud. While we were hiking, we just kept stating all of the things we hate about trail, but saying out loud that we love all of those things instead. Hence, the ¢I love rain.¢ ¢I wish it would rain harder.¢ ¢I love it when my pants feel like a soggy diaper.¢ ¢I love it when I slip in the mud and almost die.¢ It actually makes us laugh a lot on trail. For three hours straight we said things like this and sang lots of songs. After the rain subsided, we thought ¢this is nice.¢ Even though we were moving slow and everything on our person was soaking wet. So we slowly walked down steep mountains and up wet rocks. Just for it to start raining again. Except harder and colder. We were like, ¢I love it when the rain is cold.¢ HA! I nearly fell twice. Meaning I caught myself before I could really hurt myself. Both times my adrenaline was pumping. Today was tough because there was about 5200 ft of decline today, and it was painstakingly slow. The rocks were so slippery. Plus, any incline we did was rough, because our legs and knees were exhausted from the day before. We didn¢t even stop for lunch. We are what little snacks we had in our Fanny packs and only stopped once to filter water. We all walked to the parking lot hangry. The hostel picked us up, and right away we were inundated with rules. Normally rules are fine, but the rules at this particular hostel were outrageous. We will be kicked out by 9 am tomorrow, so we plan on going to the park to dry our tents and plan our resupply. Then hitch to Walmart. So, we all showered and started our laundry. Then we (Bandit, Bob Ross, Moose Jaw and I) walked around the corner to get dinner. We felt much better after we ate. Bob Ross was cracking us up at dinner time. He¢s come back much more talkative ever since he spent time with his wife. We like this version of Bob Ross. It¢s great!! Before dinner, I noticed my knee had bumps all over it and it hurt. It definitely felt bruised. Then at dinner, I proceeded to knee the underside of the table with that same knee. Damn, it hurt like no other. I hate it when I injure myself off trail. I am only tolerant of injuries I get while walking. HA!After dinner I went back to the Hostel while the boys stayed at the brewery and talked to Stogie, Journey, and Two Shoes. When I got up to take care of Moose¢s cold soak dish, I came back to find Bandit laying in my spot on the bed next to Moose. I laughed and crawled into his bed. I told him he should be thankful that I don¢t have to fart or I would. We both just laughed at that. Then we hung out on our bed and talked for awhile. Then lights off at 9! So I¢m just laying in a bed next to 14 other beds separated by shower curtains at this hostel journaling. Today was good. I¢m very thankful the rain wasn¢t worse than it was and that we had great views this morning. I love being above the clouds and seeing tiny mountain peaks. It¢s great! Discussion of the Day:We were asked if we wanted a wash rag. All of us said, ¢yes, please.¢ Then as we shower, we see that there is only bar soap. I thought this was disgusting, so I used shampoo out of the bottle to wash my body. So then, after showering I talked to Bandit, Moose Jaw, and Bob Ross about it. Bob Ross said it was disgusting! He saw a hair on the soap, and then he said, ¢Why would you not use a wash rag if there was only bar soap!? You know someone washed their goods with that bar!¢ I could not agree more!! It¢s gross!! So long story short, never use used bar soap!!