Day 3
We woke up to more damn rain, except the tent's remaining dry...for now. We cooked oatmeal underneath the awning of a large canvas tent to stay partially dry, then prepped for a three hour hike somewhere in the park.
Well, three hours was a load of crap, so was the 3 mile round trip distance the ranger told us. After hiking through the mountains for about 3 miles, while it was raining, we took a quick food break on a wooden overlook hanging off a rather respectable cliff face. The view was very impressive, yet some highly intelligent hiker had lit a fire on the deck, burning a good sized hole in the wood. Regardless, after 30 more minutes of cold and wet hiking we tossed in the towel and headed back down the mountain. Apparently the views from the summit were quite nice, but we'll just pretend we submitted and saw some sweet pieces of nature.
Getting back to the car mildly soaked, we quickly walked along the river, then I ran the 12KM back to the site while Liv drove the wagon. The run was quite nice, hitting some trails on the opposite side of the river before returning on the dirt road. About 3KM from the site the sky completely opened up, but my feet remained dry thanks to the New Balance trail runners that they sent me to product test. Hell yeah New Balance water based cement (the basis of the wear testing).
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