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| The waterfall we saw while driving to the trail head |
My husband and I love to go backpacking. We usually take one overnight trip in a year. But this year we decided to go for a 5 day trip to the Frank Church wilderness. I am here to tell you that things don't always work our as planned.
First problem: two days before our trip the road that we need to take to get to the trial head was closed due to a wildfire. No problem, we decided to head over to McCall and hike to a few different lakes.
Second problem: at the trail head when we were just about to go to sleep I found out that I brought the wrong bag and what I thought were my hiking boots were actually my dress boots. We can fix that too. We drove about an hour to get phone service and called our daughters to meet us about an hour from our home with my boots. Even with help from our girls it was two in the morning when we got back to the trail head.
Third problem: the trail we were hiking was not maintained at all. About 5 miles into our hike the trail disappeared altogether and we had to go cross country to find the trail. While we were wandering around I sprained my ankle really bad and we decided the best thing to do was turn around and go back to the trail head.
I had to walk about 6 miles with my sprained ankle. It was slow going and I don't know how I did it. Now my ankle looks like a stump attached to my foot. Even with the problems we had it was an enjoyable few days. We were there with some wonderful people, the food was great and what little wilderness we experienced was awesome.
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| The little creek by the trail head |
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| All packed and ready to go. |
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| I am a very slow hiker |
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| we sure enjoyed snacking on these huckleberries
We are at home watching the Olympics and instead of enjoying hiking and fishing my husband had to wait on me. And I am sorry because this is the end of our summer fun. Until next summer, no more hiking for me.
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