May 15

Start: mission creek
End: mission springs trail camp
Daily: 13.6
Total: 239.9

Cold! 

Today we walked up mission creek all day, which was really nice because the grade was gradual most of the day and we didn't have to worry about water. Chris and I both love stream crossings too, so we got our fill of logs and rock hops. 

Five of us (us two plus Katie (now Bubbles), Pepe, and Mark) stopped for long siesta and at the en of it Katie spilled boiling water on her leg. She has a huge blister now, but it's covered so it doesn't get infected. Ouch. 

Chris and I stopped early because the temperature plummeted from the mid 60s to the mid forties in less than half an hour, with the sun still up. It's now below freezing. What the heck happened? The place we stopped had fire rings. That's pretty much why we stopped.

Gentle Spirit, Red Blaze and Half Fast, and Hotrod all rolled in right after us, so we enjoyed a fire for a while, and listened to Gentle Spirit talk about his mishaps in the Marines. Most of his talk is 21+. Entertaining, though.

Cold fingers! I hope it warms up tomorrow and I hope Katie made it to where she wanted to go and her leg doesn't hurt too bad.