Day 6 resupply and campfires

 Day 6


Mile 97 to Mile 112


We packed up quickly as rock hopper and I were very excited to get down to the road and into a resupply at Montezuma Valley market. We were meeting Karen from Canada and we’re going to take the shuttle in altogether. When we arrived at the campsite we could only see one tent so assumed this with Karen and I believe woke up some random other hiker who wasn’t too impressed.


We were also joined by Conner who had an overuse injury on his knee was going to have to leave the trail for a week or so to rest up. He came into the shuttle with us to the valley market with us too And would stay the night.


Just after nine Kim a.k.a. wonder woman came and picked us up. The market is much much smaller than you would expect but still packed with every kind of like a food you could imagine plus lots of gear rucksacks hiking poles etc. we were completely spoiled for choice. It is the perfect Resupply for hikers. We all got to have a hot shower and do laundry.  Now having a hot shower after sweating into your clothes for four days of being covered in mud and dirt is a spiritual experience.


On top of that having clean clothes was especially awesome it felt strange smelling the smell of laundry detergent on the clothes to begin with. At 1 o’clock with clean bodies and clean clothes and full stomachs and full batteries headed back to the trail and started talking again.


We had a brief stop at Eagle rock which is this freak of nature where rocks form the image of a giant eagle. very impressive but not somewhere to hang around in the cold wind.



Within hiked up to Beyond Werner springs and to a great little campsite next to the creek in the trees. The added bonus was there was a table with tree stump chairs and a fire ring. We had to hike upstream to find water as the creek was dry.









We had the ultimate camping experience with a campfire and then later on we were joined by Milkman and Alexa and later still by Mika. 


The forecast is for the next two days to be cool so we will try and get some good miles in before we get back into the desert heat again. 


Part of my hike is to fundraiser for refugees. I would be so grateful if you can donate to my refugee fundraiser for UNHCR or share the link with others an encourage them to donate. 


https://www.teamunhcr.org.au/mike-druce



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