I woke up at the alarm. The morning was cool, but not cold. I started getting dressed, and didn’t notice…
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We didn’t wake up any earlier than the day before, but it was much darker in these trees than it…
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We woke up so early that there was no light in the sky except from the setting moon. That moon…
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Another “sleep in” day. Though we didn’t want to wait too long, because hiking before the sun is up is…
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The alarm went off at 5 am this morning. We wanted to actually stop by and check out the Chicken…
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We got up well before dawn and got ready by headlamp. Not because we had a long day ahead of…
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Usually, when we backpack in Idaho, we’ll drive up and drive out the same day. Well, sometimes we go ahead…
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I was really hoping that I’d feel better in the morning. After all, I was supposed to be driving us…
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We slept in on day 3. The plan was for a longer day’s hike, but it was going to be…
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We didn’t wake up super early this morning. I mean, before 7, but not before 6. The sun wasn’t “up”…
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