Sunday May, 8th, 2011

Picture of the Day: Best breakfast ever. PB&J with trail mix inside it. Beej invented the idea and it is quite magical.

So today was quite... interesting. After waking from being curled up in our sleeping bags we had breakfast, packed up and headed out to our next camp site in a place called Upper Mill Creek. We were planned to receive rain but luckily that never happened.
It was so surprising how much better my backpack felt since I had a day of getting used to it. It's going to be interesting how it feels after this entire trip.
Along the way we stopped by a lake (Cub Lake) to boil and purify some more water. We were quickly joined by some sassy birds that would fly away then return to squawk at us. (I have no idea what they were) we sat by the lake for awhile before continuing on our journey. This is where we began to notice something about the Rocky Mountains.
I had realized it last night but never had the heart to tell Beej yet. We had hiked miles and climbed the mountains yet neither of us felt like the reward was great enough. Now not to sound snooty but really even if we climbed the side of the mountain it looked the same as it was at the bottom. Plus the forest ranger told us that once we left the first campsite we would start seeing less people and become more secluded. Yet as we journeyed on we began to see more and more day hikers instead of backwoods campers.
This is were we started playing with the idea of leaving the Rockies early, why stay for five days and put out the energy when you aren't really digging it? (To tell you the truth I'm not too happy with the photos today)
The decision was finally made when after hiking for hours we began to realize our next campsite would be next to a tourist packed road. That was the straw on the camel's back. Also surprisingly somehow we got slightly turned around and were strangely close to our car.. (we weren't supposed to go in a loop.) Thus we packed up the car and headed for Utah.

Rocky Mountains Colorado: 2 out of 5 stars
Amazing place to drive through I highly recommend it. Yet for good backpacking/camping it isn't the best.


Other favorite Photos form the day:

 

 Good morning Rockies!

 

 All bundled up for the chilly morning.

Sassy Bird