I was up early with an angry stomach, not great for heading back to trail. We decided to get mostly packed up and head to breakfast at the cafe again. While at breakfast my stomach was really unhappy and I was getting waves of nausea. I had a moment of feeling really frustrated with my body and worried that I would be the one to hold us back from getting to the trail. Not a pleasant start but I was determined to turn it around. I ran across the street to get a ginger ale before we had to catch our ride. It helped a little but I was still feeling queasy for the 12 mile windy, hilly ride to Scissors Crossing.
Once we arrived we sat at the under the overpass for about 30 minutes while I tried to get my stomach to quit doing flips. While we were there we met Matt from North Carolina and had a very nice chat. Finally we were ready to cruise. Up and up we went, luckily the temperature was pretty cool. Soon enough we stopped for a snack in the shadiest spot we could find, a challenge in the desert. It was a very nice spot and I set my sleeping pad and shoe in cactus parts because of course I did. I was able to safely remove all cactus parts from my things before we headed out.
We had been seeing clouds in the distance and the wind was whipping around us but I thought we weren’t going to get rain. I was wrong! It rained only a bit but it was cold and windy so I got my rain gloves on just in case. Of course after a while we were way too warm in our rain gear and had to layer down.
Since our milage was short we got to camp very early. It was nice to get all of our things done well before dark and turn in early. I was hopeful for a good night sleep but the crazy wind had other ideas. It was so powerful it shredded one of the ties to our tent stake and Jake got up in the middle of the night to fix it. I’m grateful he was with it because I was half in a dream and had no idea what was happening. He’s the best.
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