My ankle injury at the end of July messed up our backpacking schedule. We ended up skipping the planned trip to Plummer and didn’t take a trip over the Labor Day weekend. Instead, in mid-September, we had one last hurrah trip out to 6125, an unnamed peak off of Sheep Creek off of Middlefork Road just past Twin Springs, ID.
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| We hiked out in the early evening. I got off work two hours early so we wouldn’t have to hike out in the dark. |
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| The trail starts out pretty rocky, but my ankle was feeling alright. |
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| The hot spring below the trail looked pretty good from this height. |
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| Scattered clouds threatened rain and gave the light of the setting sun a wonderful golden cast. |
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| I felt pretty good walking ahead of Ambrose. |
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| This is the way it should be – him behind me on the trail, bringing up the rear. That’s just the way of things 🙂 |
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| Time to hike up Sheep Creek, now that we’ve elevated sufficiently above the water. |
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| The trail is pretty flat from here, until we get to the point to go down and cross the creek. |
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| Looking back at the road – Ambrose isn’t even in sight! |
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| I love the light here, and the darkness to the left where storm clouds are gathering. |
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| Almost there – that little line of trees is where the trail splits. |
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| Seems like the trail received some maintenance since the last time I hiked it. It’s smoother and not quite as steep. |
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| But there’s still some steepness to it. |
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| Here’s the junction! |
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| And here’s the campsite – with a new fire ring since last year. It’s a good thing we’re not lighting a fire, because the best place for the tent is right next to that new ring. |
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| Ambrose made good time, he wasn’t very far behind me at all. |
We got down to the business of setting up camp and finishing any dinner that we felt like eating. We needed a good amount of calories for the night was going to be cold – though not freezing.
