Last night was rough. It was just one problem after another. Both of
us went to sleep with stomach aches. Then the mosquitoes would not let
up. They buzzed around our heads just enough to keep us awake. Around
midnight I set up the tent. The area for the tent was really too small
for our large tent, and we both ended up sleeping on rocky uneven
surfaces. Then there were ants, millions, on everything. So as we are
throwing our stuff in the tent, we are shaking off ants. They were on
everything. Luckily we did hang our food in a tree to keep the rodents
out.
This morning we both felt terrible. We had stomach pains and felt
really tired. I felt so bad, its Lauren's birthday and we both feel like vomiting. Our dreams of hiking 30 miles today were shattered as we
were both exhausted.
We decided to hike to the next water source and call it a day. A
whooping 3 mile day. We camped in a saddle and slept most of the day.
Though its no fun being sick, we did enjoy resting here. We are both in
high spirits, played a few games this afternoon.
We are feeling a bit better this evening, hoping to get back in the
groove tomorrow. We also talked about hiking back to town tomorrow and
getting a bus up to Etna after a couple days rest. Not ideal, but we may
need more rest.
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