Happy Six (Win) had several bad days.
Altitude sickness.
Coming down off the mountain.
Monarch Spur RV & Campground was fine and we took a zero but she still wasn’t feeling it.
We decided to take the Colorado Trail Alt and walked the mile from Monarch to the trail head and headed up.
The first day was kind of bleak and the trail wasn’t inviting.
Then we had early rain and lucked out that there was a great campsite handy when the rain began to fall.
More rain.
We called it a day. Some other hikers came along and we invited them to stay in the area.
The new group included Magic Beans and Taint Sap. The later was told by his tramily that you can’t change your trail name and you have to accept whatever you are given.
I asked if any of the tramily were his friends.
We got up early.
Got on the trail well before 6:00 am.
We hiked to a resort that had breakfast.
We hiked.
It was beautiful.
We passed a trail Angel’s house. They were inviting anyone to come in that might need anything.
The reduced altitude, the wonderful trail and beautiful views revitalized Happy.
We stopped a little early to avoid rain but still had better than 17 miles. We are at around 10,000 feet 10,012) and had just short of 3,000 feet of elevation climbed today.
We have reservations in town, a shuttle set up and full plans. Just a shade over seven miles to hike to our shuttle.
We can hear the thunder but we are tucked in and set up. Ready for the incoming storm. We will be warm and dry.
With greatly improved morale. The trail is grand.