We ate chips and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and took a lot of stupid photos together. I'd show them to you but they were all taken on my dad's camera. To see them go to his Trail Journal at
10-Hut's Trail Journal.
Next, we started our hike. This is the first time I've done any real hiking with my family in a long time. We stopped a few times for rests and at some point, Ethan got the trailname Diesel. He was struggling a bit going up and it got me worrying about the rest of the trip. His backpack was a little too small and just didn't seem to fit him.
We did finally gain the ridge and we dropped our packs and ran up to tag the summit of Mt. Garfield. This is my 27th 4,000' peak in NH.
Excellent Views from Garfield. Some of the best views in the Whites.
Franconia Ridge.
Heart of the Pemi Wilderness.
We then hiked down to the Garfield Ridge Campsite. Lucas and I grabbed all the water bottles at the spring and let my Dad and Ethan (Diesel) hike ahead to make sure they got us a spot on a tent platform. Lucas and I filled the water and then hiked in to the tent platform.
We set up our tents and then I cooked dinner. I planned all the meals and cooked all of the meals on my homemade pepsi can stove. I love this stove. It makes meal planning relatively easy and it is so light. We ate tortilla wraps with chicken, cheese and taco sauce. It was awesome to have a nice hot meal after about 5.5 miles on the trail or so.
I slept in a tent with my dad and Ethan and Lucas shared a tent of their own. Tomorrow, off to Guyot Tentsite.
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