Hiya Sweetie!
I took four ibuprofen before bedtime, and that finally seemed to do the trick. I mostly had an excellent night sleep. I woke up around 3:30 and took the opportunity to gaze at the night sky from my tent. Magnificent! Indescribable! Every part of the sky was filled with something amazing! Stars, the Milky Way, galaxies, nebulas, truly indescribable! What magnificence! After being totally awed by the stars, I returned to bed and slept for a few more hours, feeling fully refreshed by the time I started the day. We headed out of camp just after 10:30, and traversed through more pine forests on rocky trails (which has reminded me why I don't want to bring my horses out west!) and went nearly ten slow miles to our next camp. Our trail was slow going with many downed trees, which required our crack wrangler team to clear before we had safe passage. We ran into another string of pack mules on their way to resupply some other camp somewhere near Heart Lake, but otherwise, there wasn't much activity on the trail. We finally reached our camp, which our outfitter had never used before, but because of the peculiar configuration of this trip (with the other two guests leaving after ten days, and me continuing alone for two more days) they've had to do some things differently. Nevertheless, it's a lovely camp, right next to a creek, with lots of grazing for the animals and very convenient for the laundry I intend to do tomorrow. It was another gorgeous day weather-wise, though a bit hot for the locals, though perfect for this Florida gal! Dinner tonight was ribeye steak and a lovely apple dessert, and they even broke out into a rendition of Happy Birthday for me. I had cracked open my Jim Beam honey for the occasion. There were a few brief moments of cell connection which enabled me to send birthday greetings to my friend Jo, who shares my birthday, and found she'd sent me similar wishes as they crossed through cyberspace before I lost the signal. I forgot to mention, when I woke up this morning, a corner of my washcloth was frozen! Anyway, it was a lovely day, a lovely Birthday, and I'm looking forward to a restful day tomorrow! Good night,
darlin'! Love you!
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