Hiya Darlin'!
Finally! A wildlife sighting! After days of fruitless searching, and constantly being told, well, it's midday so they're all sleeping excuses, we finally saw a mama grizzly and her three cubs! They were skirting around the camp a few hundred yards away, and I got some good pix and video. Yay! Afterward, we got on the trail around 10:30, doing another 13 miles to the next camp. Some of it was the prettier terrain that I've seen, with rolling hills and rivers running through it. Sadly, Tony was hurting pretty badly from his incident with the bees the other day, so we actually stopped for a lunch break, which we hardly ever to. I was glad, though, because I have a hard time eating when I'm constantly surround by dust. It was cloudy today, but no rain to settle the dust, so I've been wearing a bandana around my mouth every day. Maureen decided to carry on with the pack mules, and in some ways, it was a relief because there was a lot less dust stirred up that way. Then I got a little frustrated because I though the priority after lunch should have been to get ailing Tony back to camp ASAP, but instead, Chase made a choice to school his young mule along the way, so we were constantly stopping and starting, which I felt could only be more detrimental to Tony. Unfortunately, when I tried to discretely mention it to Chase, he blew up a me as if I had insulted him, which, of course, was not my intention. Anyway, I wasn't very happy about being chastised just because I was trying to help someone in pain, but ultimately, I had to let it go for the sake of harmony in camp. Another bear was spotted around supper-time, so hopefully we'll have another wildlife sighting tomorrow. There's also suppose to be a hot spring around here somewhere, and they're hopefully going to find it not too far from camp. The thought of soaking in a hot spring is utterly delicious. I hope it happens. Meanwhile, I'm in bed by 8:00, still daylight, but what else is there to do but read? I'll do so for a couple of hours, at least, just to try to maintain some semblance of normal. Good night, babe! Love you!
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