End: pioneer mail campground
Daily miles: 19.5
Total: 52.5
Today was a long day. Neither chris nor I have ever hiked longer than 18 miles in a day. My feet ACHE. We both have blisters under our little toes from them being squished in our shoes, which are a size larger than our feet actually are. I wish they made comfortable shoes with wider toe boxes. But our feet aren't as bad as Katie's. Hers are covered in duct tape.
The morning started out cold, but by the afternoon it was perfect hiking weather. We got out of the desert chaparral and into some sunny pine forest. It was a wildland firefighter's dream. All the trees were huge and spaced far apart with nothing but grass and the occasional bush in between. It was gorgeous and shady and cool. So nice to see trees again.
Other than that it was a pretty uneventful day, except that it was the longest day yet. Gorgeous views of the deserts and mountain ranges from the high points.
Okay chris is rubbing my feet so I need to focus on that now. :)
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