We woke up at 4am and broke camp before 5am. I had to wake Secret, and he didn’t love that. But his mood improved quickly. He ate a few bars and got dressed quickly. We started hiking in the dark with headlamps and made some peaceful but good progress.

It was awesome. I vastly prefer to hike early and used to do this before kids. Their moods were good. I felt good. It was cool out. It was pretty.

We kept going and hiked 13.5 miles today by late afternoon to the next water source. The morning was very fast then we slowed down in the hot afternoon. Secret did fine by told us he was feeling more tired later in the day, but liked the morning.

We passed some old vehicles and an old mine. It’s wild how metal just .. sort of rusts here. At home these wouldn’t exist anymore. But here they are fully in tact.

The camp was busy. Lots of people using the shade waiting for it to cool down. We got a large spot by a large boulder. Secret climbed this all afternoon.