Day 24

19 miles

I think we might have been the first ones out of camp this morning. However, I also think we stopped the earliest despite doing 19 miles. As usual, the day started off cool, got hot, then cool again in the evening. Our water source was the start of Holcomb Creek, which was barely moving and covered in algae when we filled up. Later in the day, we crossed the same creek and it had grown in volume and flow rate so filling up again was much easier and less disgusting. We planned to sleep at the Holcomb Crossing Camp, but when we got there it looked like some day hikers had already snagged the spot and I assumed they wouldn’t be keen on sharing. We went another half mile to Bench Camp and had the place to ourselves. The creek ran behind the camp, which made it easy to rinse out some clothes; everything is dusty out here. I normally cook my dinner and hangout outside the tent in the vestibule area. Tonight was the first night I couldn’t do that due to mosquitos. I hope the nights of chilling outside the tent are not over yet.