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\"Owl<\/span><\/p>\n

I woke up at 6:00 a.m. today, hoping to get an early start to reach a sweet camping spot south of a cattle guard, according to the FarOut app<\/a>. It would be about 17 miles (27.4 km). There was an owl in a tree right near my tent. It didn\u2019t stir as I got out of the tent, then back in to get my camera and take a picture. Too cool. Then it hooted twice and flew away.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was a brisk morning – perfect when you\u2019ll be climbing a mountain – and I was off by 7:30. Hugo and Carole said it was easy to follow the path, which wasn\u2019t blazed. It was easy in parts, but hard in others. Luckily, the app kept me on course.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 2 miles (3.2 km) up were grueling, but the scenery was incredible. I was psyched when I reached the top of Mt Taylor. Of course I signed the register and took a photo by the sign. Then it was back downhill. For a while anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n

Making My Way to the Cattle Guard<\/span><\/h2>\n

I reveled in the downhill, but it went to a saddle, so soon I was climbing again. It was torture. But I made it. The rest of the way on this alternate route was a wide dirt road, mostly downhill. I made great time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shortly before rejoining the official CDT, I met my first hikers. \"HikerThey were SOBOs<\/a>, of course, and mentioned they\u2019d stashed water and a root beer at the intersection of the CDT and this road. Score! I filled up my water bottles and gratefully took the root beer.<\/span><\/p>\n

That turned out to be a little miracle, as there was no water anywhere the rest of the afternoon. I thought there was supposed to be a tank, but if there was, I missed it. <\/span><\/p>\n

Settling in for the Night<\/span><\/h2>\n

The CDT initially was a lovely single track trail through the woods. It was gently undulating, so easy. And very well marked. I met a cyclist who was biking the bikeable portions of the CDT; he\u2019d been peddling two months. He said the water was scarce between here and Cuba. Rats.<\/span><\/p>\n

I had planned to camp at this spot that sounded lovely in the \"HikingFarOut app. But when I got there, an RV was set up, plus a tent and two ORVs. Darn. So I\u2019m in a pretty crappy spot. Oh, well.<\/span><\/p>\n

At one point I got excited, figuring I could ask the people in that spot if they had water. I\u2019d seen coolers, and they had an RV. But despite walking over twice, the place was deserted.<\/span><\/p>\n

So I\u2019ll start the day with a half-gallon of water. There\u2019s a spring 12 miles (19.3 km) down the trail, although you have to do a 1-mile (1.6 km) out-and-back to reach it. Oh well, it will be worth it. <\/span><\/p>\n

Snowshoe<\/span><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Miles: 18.9 (30.4 km)<\/span>
\nCDT Miles to Date: 149.9 (241.2 km)<\/span>
\nCDT Miles to Go: 2,950.1 (4,747.7 km)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I woke up at 6:00 a.m. today, hoping to get an early start to reach a sweet camping spot south of a cattle guard. It would be about 17 miles (27.4 km). There was an owl in a tree right near my tent. It didn\u2019t stir as I got out of the tent, then back in to get my camera and take a picture. Too cool. Then it hooted twice and flew away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4667,2],"tags":[113,4668,108,2745,4669],"yoast_head":"\nDay 12: Mt. 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