Oct. 29
Not a super eventful day. Cold morning, clear day. Don’t remember seeing anyone else. The views from the side of Mt. Thielsen were great. Came into the trailhead campground near state highway 138 right around sunset. Had the camping area to myself, even though there were multiple campsites. Another relatively cold place to camp, but it did have a picnic table.
I was sworn by internet friend to get sunrise pictures from my cliffside campsite, so getting up before the sun was a priority for the day. The sunrise pictures turned out nice enough, but I think sunset looked better.
I kind of slept in a little bit this morning. And it was a long morning for leaving out too, so I didn’t really get started until 9 or 10. But I had enough food before the road where I could get to town that I could afford to take it easy for one day.
I woke up before sunrise and watched it happen over the lake while the water birds dashed back and forth in front of it. Owl and Phoenix woke up while I was sitting there, so I packed up my bed and put the living room back together while Phoenix drove straight into making coffee for the both of us.
After throwing the last of the indoors wood in the fire around 4am, I got in a good stretch of sleep that ended with some bizarre scenes including very clashing and mismatched music. The confusion gently woke me to find that the music was real.