Trip Miles: 24.10
We set out by 7:30 with a promising weather report that turned out to be all wrong. What looked like a day of light showers and decent temps quickly became a cold and rainy day with heavy winds.
We decided to hike in our regular gear rather than rain gear. Oops. By the time we got to the parking lot at Woody Gap trailhead, 5 miles into the hike, we were drenched. The wind was blowing about 30mph so we ducked into the bathrooms they had there. We rearranged our clothing to something warmer and headed out the last 3.5 miles to Lance Creek.
As soon as we got there we threw up the tent, got into our only dry clothes and crawled into our sleeping bags to get warm. There was a tent set up but, no one there. They must have bugged out in the heavy rain the night before.
After an hour we checked the weather again. They were predicting 28 degrees for tonight. We were thinking of hiking back to Woody Gap to try to get to a hostel but, the rain stopped and we had a chance to dry our wet stuff by hanging them in the trees.
As we were putting things out, a hiker we've been keeping pace with the last three days came into camp. His name is Wayne and he's from Arkansas, a real nice guy. We were glad to see him. I got a fire started Davy Crockett style by squirting alcohol on the damp wood. Voila, fire! Had time to sit around chat and eat.
Bed time comes early out here. We were in the tent by 8.
Heading to Neels Gap tomorrow. Bye.
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