Another easy day. We got out late. We tried to get hiking by 645 but didn't make it out until 745. No problem we only had a 23 mile day. This was supposed to be a very easy day. No big climbs, lots of water and miles of flat.
The first big obstacle of the day was crossing the Lewis river that connected shoshone lake to Lewis lake. Ley warns that it can be a chest deep crossing. I have no idea what he was crossing cause ours was ankle deep. If you were totally clueless and had never crossed a river before you could have found a spot that deep.
Beads and I decided to take an alternate that followed the river instead of the divide. Now we didn't decide this on purpose we just took a wrong turn. I was so busy admiring the scenery that I didn't check. It only added a mile and a half so it wasn't a bad exchange for all the scenery.
The rest of the day went as expected. A thunderstorm rolled in and got everything soaking wet and cold. We were too cold to visit the hot stream we had planned to soak in. Ah well. The storm let up for a bit so we had some nice views before it got nasty right before camp. We saw it coming and ran to the campsite. Making it just in time for the heaviest rainfall. We got the tents up anyway and I'm now warm, toasty and dry.
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