We woke up, after a surprisingly chilly night of sleep, with the intention of late departure so that we might rest more, blog more, and (most importantly) avoid the heat. After a nice long snooze, we hopped on a couple loaner bikesfor an exhilarating ride down to town, got a delicious light french breakfast @ the local cafe and resupplied in town. We blogged all day , and started drinking beers for an attempt at the "24 challenge" to Casa de Luna. The "challenge," a long time trail tradition, requires completing 24 beers and walking 24 miles to the Anderson's within 24 hours. Smiles, Rocky, T-Rex, Chik-chak, sour cream, lunchbox and I started hiking @ 930pm under a brilliant moon, after getting a much-appreciated ride to the trailhead from Tequila Jack.
It was a brilliant and fun walk, and good times were had by one and all. Smiles' night vision tired out around 11 miles in, so we pitched camp on a flattish ridge in some grass just off the side of the trail around 3 AM. Most challenge beers were consumed by this point, under the cool night air, rather than the withering glare of the daytime sun. Only 7 light beers to go...
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