Woke after a restless sleep to complete the journey to marble springs (771.6). Remember those biting insects? They were incessant all night long. Every few hours I'd put on another spray of bug spray, but it was never enough. If you could imagine waking to no-see-ums crawling on your face, through your hair, and occasionally biting. It was in one word - annoying.
However, even with the lack of sleep, today was awesome. The air quality for whatever reason was phenomenal. The colors of the sky popped and the visibility was the best yet. This led to some great photos of the surrounding area. Additionally, the views from black rock and Apple orchard mountain were the best in at least two weeks.
The terrain was unforgiving today. Had a climb of more than 2k first thing in the AM. The rest of the day wasn't much better. It was the second day in a row with a 1k leading into camp for the night. I can't complain too much because my shin splints were silent.
Clouds look ominous and thunder is off in the distance. It's an early night for me.
Before I forget, I saw two families of game birds today - a partridge and a turkey. Both had their young with them. It was pretty neat indeed.
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