Day 62-wow

I don't know why it took so long or why it cost me lots of walking and time but after 2 months I finally have the gps on my phone up and working the right way. It seemed to be just a setting I should have had on from the beginning. Today was a day I could have used it. I left Sonora pass early and the was greeted with the usual heavy dose of snow walking. I walked over some beautiful peaks and meadows covered in snow which makes for slow walking. Then I lost the trail right before boulder lake trail cutoff. I looked for maybe a half hour and then just decided to have lunch. I usually make it my rule to have found the trail in order to have lunch or camp but I had put in a strong 13 miles and was hungry, so I ate. After lunch I was so lucky and ran into the trail right away. I was fine until it passed golden lake and there I lost it again. I went up the hill and back down it 3 times looking and finally found it at the top. During this time the clouds moved in and made the mountains into a hazy shadow. It was pretty amazing and thankfully it didn't rain. I then went over a pass and mistakenly went into the canyon because that is what the map made it look like. So I had to climb straight back up the peak to meet the trail. Somewhere in here I lost the cap to my water bottle literally capping off a pretty terrible day. I did find a beautiful place to camp in a nice meadow! All I can say is I wish I had gps figured out earlier due to the fact it was the worst snow year in over 50 years.