Day 35 6/19 23mi.

The majority of todays hike was some what shaded and a bit breezy, which made hiking much easier.

Dr. Huss and I saw a couple of mule deer early in the morning! The two of us were walking in front most of the day. At one point we came across a group of 5 people wearing reflective jackets, when we got up to them they were tearing some plants out of the ground and putting them in big ziplock baggies. When we asked what kind of work they were doing they said that they couldn't talk about it, and that it was confidential. It was very odd. Nobody else saw them at all today.

After about 16 miles we finally reached a water source, where we filled up and stopped for lunch. We met another hiker who was female which made Carly excited because that was only the 2nd or 3rd female thru hiker we've seen all trip!

We kept on moving until the next water source where we met 2 more thru hikers. We hiked another halfmile and camped with Dr. Huss