Good friend of the podcast, Liz, is guest-writing blog posts for us this week, about her experience on the Foothills Trail. Check back each day for more stories from Liz!
Day 3 we awoke to a moist day. Not overly rainy, but by no means dry. The rainfly was once again soaked, and we had another soggy breakfast. But at least there was coffee. We were both in a rush and not, all at once. We had one of the shortest days ahead of us, but we were eager to get to camp and relax. Today was our chance to let our feet recover before pushing for a 16-mile day followed by a 20-mile day. About 3 miles into our hike, we came across the man who was hiking in our direction again. He lamented about the hard miles and the rain and told us if we needed anything to let him know. His goal was to push passed Whitewater this day. A goal I did not envy.
We arrived at the boy scout camp on the spur trail just before Whitewater. We set up our tent and took the opportunity to dry everything. The rain was holding off but occasionally the clouds would pass through and we’d get a dusting of moister weather. We spent the afternoon reading our books, drinking hot cocoa and tea (and a little whiskey) and looking forward to experiencing new terrain the next day.
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