I am not going to lie it has been a rough 24 hours. I am woman hear me roar! I am she wolf...aro wooooo!!! In all seriousness, shit got real and things have been pretty rough. Yesterday, despite getting caught in that thunderstorm I made it a beautiful day because the clouds broke, the sun came out and things turned around. It's been hard to see the positive side of things in the past 24 hours. After setting up camp for the night it pretty much poured all night long. Heavy thunderstorms with thunder and lightning cracking right outside my tent. The temperature also dropped to about 40 degrees. My tent held up alright but water definitely came in so it was pretty cold and wet in there most of the night. When I finally stopped trying to sleep around 6:30 the rain had slowed to a mist that would continue throughout most of the day. I decided to pack up camp and head to Two Ocean Lake and Grand View Point. This was an 8.2 mile hike combined and it was on the way to Yellowstone. It seemed most of the other hikes, at least the ones featured on the REI app, were double that in length and again weather was a factor. So off I went on this 8.2 mile hike. It took me just under 4 hours to complete and was much more strenuous then yesterday's. Grand view point was about 2 miles completely uphill. Aside from that I was pretty much in fight or flight mode the entire hike! I never saw another hiker and the trail, despite the name, was dense woods. I thought for sure a bear was going pop out at any moment!! Honestly the only thing that calmed me down was singing Phish's Bathtub Gin aloud..."da badadadadadada..." By the second leg I had finally got my confidence and was pretty sure there were no bears since the steady mist turned into a full on rain/snow and they probably took cover. By the time I got back to the car I had icicles hanging from my hat and I was soaking wet from head to toe. Feeling deflated I shredded my wet clothes and started driving to Yellowstone. The snow intensified as I headed north. I decided I was going to find lodging for the night, no tent for me. I stopped at the first lodging station in Yellowstone, closed for the season. Same went for the second. I grew concerned. The snow was coming down hard. The next stop was Old Faithful there was no way they could be closed. I called. One cabin available for one night only! I would take it! It's a cabin so it's no hotel, it's basically glamping. Four walls with a heater. At least all my shit from today can dry. Biggest concern...where am I staying tomorrow? They said only thing available in the park is $400!! Not happening. So if there are no cancellations I have to drive 1:30 minutes outside of the park and find a hotel or I go back to the tent...it's suppose to snow all week. I may have to cut Yellowstone shorter than I originally wanted to. I mean let's face facts. Today was unsafe. I was alone for hours with basically no reception in the rain and snow. What if there was a bear? Needless to say I am feeling a bit discouraged about everything today but I am still pretty damn proud of myself. I know plenty of men that would have NOT been able do half the shit I accomplished today.
Song of the day "Amydst the Myst" Twiddle. Pretty much sums up what I thought the weather was going to be like most of the day and then it turned on me. Twiddle is supposedly a jam band from Vermont. I never really listened to them until today. I don't really think they are a jam band because the guy sings way too much and his voice is kind of annoying but something about this song hit me today. First time I ever heard it. I really like it. I guess you can put them in the same category of jam bands with Dave Matthews, who I am not a huge fan of, sorry guys. My playlist is almost getting long enough where you can start listening to it. I did today, I like it so far 😜
https://open.spotify.com/user/cteijelo/playlist/1uNEjK1mra1y0s3gAkTEZ4
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