Today was a bit of a navigational disaster. Without a guidebook or maps, I feel like I'm walking a bit blind. (I do have photos of some of the guidebook thanks to Half-fool, but using my phone drains the battery so they're emergency use only for now.) At one point I went off-trail for 10 feet, then when I got back on, promptly headed down the trail in the reverse direction. After about .75 miles, I ran into a group of hikers I'd passed going in the other direction. Everyone looked confused, no one more than me.
Later, Half-fool had caught me and we were walking together when suddenly he said "have you seen a white blaze in a while?" I hadn't at. Not in a long while. In fact it turns out that we hadn't seen a white blaze in almost a mile. So another 1.5-2 miles later were back on trail. We set up camp near the top of a ridge that promised some nice views. Half-fool suggested we grab our food and eat with the sunset, so off we went. There was no view. Anywhere. We limped back to our campsite, realising we'd walked another unnecessary mile.
In the end we only got 13 miles that counted.
Start: Dennytown Rd.
End: Hemlock Springs Tentsite
Distance: 12.8 miles (+ around 5 that don't count...)
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