Woke up with a bunch of new folks I’ve never met before. It was a glorious morning overlooking the desert floor and waking up above the clouds. The day started off with a decent climb as I headed off towards the infamous Mike’s place. On the way there, probably my favorite eater source so far. There was water up a little hill hidden by a flat rock you had to lift and scoop water from. Pretty cool ua you ask me. This trail is kind of like a scavenger hunt when it comes to water. This was a good find.

As I was getting water, Koviat came running by me on trail. Literal running. He runs a few miles everyday and I just stand their in disbelief. I kept up with him once he slowed down and we headed into Mikes Place together, which made me feel a bit safer because I haven’t heard the best things about this water stop. But all was gravy! We chilled for a little while and then Tinkle, Lemming, his brother, and Suzanne showed up. There were a few older gentlemen who’s names I didn’t get. It was a good time.

I wanted to keep going so packed up and headed out. Tinkle, Koviat and I made plans to camp at Tule Spring so we said our see y’a layers. The rest of the afternoon was pretty hot but I pushed through. I passed a few folks, Hot Mess, Amy, and Cale. Eventually I got to Tule, which was probably some of the worst tasting water ever. It tasted like drinking pennies or blood. It was awful. Debated heading to Mary’s place but my feet weren’t in it anymore.

Met some new folks there, Yeti, Lindy, Abbeys person and a few others. They all headed to the next water source. Tinkle, Koviat and Jake showed up and we all called at the spring. A few other showed up as well. We had a decent crowd for the night.