*This is part two of yesterday's post*
The view from the top, however, is incredible! Standing on top of that mesa made me feel as though I was standing on top of the world! After we had set up camp, it was time to go and fetch some more water! We had each carried in 3 1.5 Liter bottles of water, but after a couple of days, this stock was greatly depleted. Ben, Daniel, Jomar, and I all went off to collect water. We headed to a "tank"; in this case, a large dirt pond that is usually used for watering cattle. After about a 20 minute hike, we arrived at the tank. While Daniel and Ben filled up the water bottles from the tank, I used iodine to purify the bottles. My hands were a lovely yellowy color when we finished...
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| The view from camp! |
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| Our Kitchen! |
After a short hike back to camp, we had to start preparing dinner. In the wilderness, dinner prep begins very early, so that all clean-up can be completed before dusk. In turn, this means that we were in bed by 9 PM. Dinner, of course, was delicious! We had beans and rice, with cornbread on the side and cherry cobbler to finish. I think I've said this before, but my wilderness leaders were excellent cooks! After a few...mishaps...we finally settled into bed and went to sleep!
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| The sunset! |
We had to get up at 4:30 AM. Grueling doesn't even do it justice. Especially when it's cold outside and my sleeping bag was lovely and warm. We took forever to pack up, eventually breaking camp 50 minutes late. We had a slightly harrowing descent down from the rim of the mesa, but afterward began to making real strides down the trail. We had a deadline of 9:30 AM, and we arrive back at base camp right on time! It was a fantastic intro to wilderness, and the first of many expeditions to come!
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| Heading Home. |
*For more photos, see this link:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Harry.Lambert2/TheRamblingsOfATransplantedBrit?authkey=Gv1sRgCMjijNy786DVggE&feat=directlink *
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