Day 103- the clothesline

Today I woke up with everything soaked. My sleeping bag was wet, I was wet, my tent was wet, and my pack was wet due to a tent collapse in the middle of the night. I did the best I could to not get too frustrated. Luckily my family was spending their time to camp out on the trail with me for a night and they had some great food for breakfast including eggs, bacon, frosting, bagel French toast, and coffee, all topped off with some trail made huckleberry syrup made by my sister. Once the great meal was over it was time to hit the trail. It was just one of those days I didn't feel like walking. It was lots of climbing in the morning, only to have a 2000 foot climb all go to waste by descending down the other side of the hill. From here we just climbed even higher up into the hills east of stabler. I used my pack as a clothesline all day to dry all my gear out. At one point I had it so covered in things drying out, it concealed my pack. Day hikers were even giving me strange look. Even with the long time my bag had to dry, the sleeping bag is still very damp tonight. Luckily i am newly resupplied and got to have my favorite dehydrated food for dinner: gnocchi.