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Saturday, August 25, 2012

Coaches last day!


Philmont: Third Day

By Brock Singley


 

            We all woke up for the first morning on the trail, and I remember feeling extremely groggy.  I now remember it as the slowest moving morning, but at the time it felt like we were booking it.  We filled waters, packed up, and got on the trail.  I was still getting used to my pack and how heavy it was with food, so I was glad it was a fairly short hike day.  We went past our friend we met the day before at the forest conservation booth, past the hunting lodge, and up to window rock.  The view was great up there and it was cool because Coach talked to us about protecting the wild.  We ate lunch and climbed on the rocks and then we were soon on our way to Cimmaroncito.  We arrived at Cimmaroncito around four.  After we set up camp, we went to go free climbing inside the hang out, raided the swap box, and returned back to camp.  Before we left the porch though, we were informed that there was a mountain lion sighting near our camp. We returned to camp and for the rest of the evening, it was the “buddy system” .  This was the worst for me when Justin had to use the bathroom and wash his hands before we went to sleep.  So, we took precautionary measures and armed ourselves with sticks and a flashlight, and ventured out to the spigot.  Nothing really happened, but I heard rustling in the bushes around us multiple times.

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