It was a dry night, although cold and overcast so still nothing dried. The guys were clearly bummed by having wet everything, and by the time we hit highway 4 in just 2 miles, they wanted to go into town to dry out and warm up. Given I was also pretty cold, having hiked in damp clothes on a chilly…
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Day 67: Inclemencies
Whilst it didn’t quite rain all night, it was close and we awoke to soaked tents and clothes that hadn’t managed to dry out. We put on wet shoes and socks, damp rain jackets and soaked gloves. It was less than 10 minutes after leaving camp that it started to rain again. As we climbed up the hill, the rain…
Day 66: Stormy Weather
We knew the hitch out of Bridgeport would be tough, so we didn’t get too ambitious with it and started our attempt around 9:30am. The first car to pass by us on the main drag in town stopped! Marjorie was driving to Carson City but offered to take us to the intersection with hwy 108 where we could try again.…