Sprout Day 170 (Tuesday, September 13, 2016)

We made it up The Priest and did a total of 13.5 miles. Bubbles is in Crocs now. Her new shoes were killing her and a different type of new shoes are being delivered to the Buena Vista post office. It was about 3000 ft elevation change and it was humid. It's hard to hike up that when the humidity is so high but I was drinking plenty of water and eating enough food to make it.

Right before we started climbing The Priest we passed the Tye River and stopped for a quick dip to cool off. It felt great and we wished we could've stayed a little longer! We were going to stay at The Priest Shelter but got to the ledges .3 miles from the shelter. The spot was perfect with plenty of camping and an amazing view.

Truth Pick was already at the shelter. Whiskers stayed with our packs and got a fire going and I went and got water for the three of us from the shelter.

Three Ridges Wilderness

Three Ridges Wilderness

Overlook

Where we are heading!

Pretty sure these are rhododendron, which must be beautiful in the spring!

Love the brush

View

Tye River suspension bridge

Entering the Priest Wilderness

View from our campsite

Sunset

Day: 170
Miles hiked: 13.5
Total Miles hiked on the trail: 1367.5
Baby Bear: 1
Bald Eagle: 1
Bluegill: 2
Butterflies: 8
Chipmunks: 3
Cows: 24
Crawfish: 1
Deer: 20
Donkeys: 2
Grouse: 1
Horses: 15
Hummingbird: 1
Inchworm: 1
Really Big Dog: 1
Mice: 2
Moose: 2
Nest of bugs: 2
Newts: 2
Owl: 1
Rabbit: 1
Red Squirrel: 1
Skunk: 1
Snail: 1
Snake: 2

Squirrels: 12
Toads: 3
Trout: 2
Turkeys: 4
Turtles: 107
Vultures: 6
Woodpecker: 1