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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Wednesday, July 1 - Hyalite Canyon

I was pretty sore this morning from falling backwards into my hotel bathtub in the middle of the night.  I rarely sleep  so soundly that I get disoriented while trying to find the bathroom but I was exhausted!  It could have been worse...some bruises and scraped elbow...no concussion!

I checked out and stopped at the forest service office to get a topo map of Hyalite Canyon/Peak (the one in the far distance on the left with all the snow!)


and then headed out there to set up my campsite.  What a beautiful site, with the front door of the tent facing a roaring stream that I'm sure is normally just a meandering brook...there's still a lot of snow in the mountains so it's very full right now...I love sleeping to that sound! 






































I set up camp, made lunch (I love my little pocket rocket stove!) and just hung out and read my book for a few hours.  Then I went back into town and did some laundry and grocery shopping before going to the airport to wait for Marc.  His flight was delayed...didn't land until about 11:40 pm and didn't get his bags until after midnight.  We made it back to camp at 1:03 a.m.  It's going to be an EARLY morning to get up and hike tomorrow!

© 2009 Tara Morrison
Posted by Vagabond Mom at 3:11 PM
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  1. Rosie MorrisonJuly 5, 2009 at 10:45 AM

    Cool Mom!!!!!!!

    By the way.......
    We have seen kittens at a museum before. Do you remember the 2008 summer trip? We stopped at that one place that had a big fort and a long walkway to get out to a monument. THey also had pictureof people in the mueseum.

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  2. tarastripsJuly 9, 2009 at 9:44 PM

    You're right - that was Fort Phil Kearny I think, the lady running the shop had rescued a 3 or 4 week old kitten and had it with her for bottle feeding. I had forgotten!

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