More Pack Trip

 

So I have been told that there aren't any pictures of the 2nd half of the first day. It was pointed out that it looks like we go from Charleau Gap Road and then BING we are at the cabin. The reason for this is because when you get to the end of the Road we turned left into a wash filled with rocks and boulders and Al says "OK you guys have to find the trail" since we were in front. It was all we could do to pick our way through there, Terry in the lead using all his hound-dog sense to find the way. We did find the way eventually even with the millions of cow trails going off in every direction. After we left the first watering spot, about 1 hour into the trip we went 6 more hours looking for the first water spot. If there was not water at a certain point we would have had to turn around and go back. We had some mighty thirsty ponies when we finally found water. We continued up to the hikers cabin around 4pm after stopping one more time for water.

 

 

 

 

 Got camp set up and dinner cooking

 Yum, steaks on the fire!

 

 The horses are picketed just below the cabin

 

 Kitchen inside cabin stocked with lots of cookery and some food for emergency use

 Margies bed, that white cover is some kind of really loud plastic that crinkles like crazy when a person rolls around on it.  Al slept on the floor with his head in the doorway. Ouch

My bed on left, that yellow thing, Terry slept on floor next to me. Ouch.  His bed was atop of some nailed down tin that made a god-awful noise everytime he rolled over, not kidding just ask Margie.  Now if this cabin was in Michigan it would have had a serious gross-out factor because it would smell musty but not in AZ.  This cabin was clean and smelled just like a spring day! It was very class with it's stained glass window and crystal chandalier that you can't see.

 Good Morning Margie!

 Bobe isn't looking too happy

Al up and out already.

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