2024 Happy Blog Challenge Continues

September 28th & 29th On Saturday morning, after a night of sleeping in the wilds of the White Mountains, my friend Stephanie and I woke up alive!  This was the expected outcome, of course.  I can't say that I slept through the night, or well, but I wasn't kept awake by noises.  It was mostly a pain in my lower back, probably from falling on Thursday, that made it hard to stay asleep.  The forest was much quieter than I expected.  I expected to hear critters of varying sizes making noises and wandering by.  I could have slept through noises, but when I was awake, I heard very little.  There wasn't even much of a breeze.  Anyhow, here are some other happy and not so happy things from Saturday and Sunday: We got up and out of our tents around seven-ish Saturday morning.  It took about two hours to get the bear bag (which appeared untouched), eat breakfast, and repack all our stuff before we were ready to continue our trek.  This was lo...

 On September 27th I had no internet.  I took some time and wrote the Blog on my phone.  I thought it hadn't saved, but I just found it!  I'll be writing today's blog tomorrow though.  We hiked around eight miles today and I'm exhausted.  My apologies that the pictures aren't always in the correct order: September 27th.  When I chose Mountain Pond as the place we would be camping, I didn't expect that we would be the only ones camping here.  The backcountry can be a scary place and I am so very happy that I asked Stephanie to join me.  As I begin this entry, there are birds chirping, getting ready for sleep.  That, the sound of leaves and needles falling to the ground, and the occasional mosquito or other insect is what I hear.  Soon, there will be footsteps as Stephanie makes her way back to camp.  We have hung the food away from our camping area and our tents are waiting for us to enter them once it is dark. Here are some hap...