Second trip, third stop: Wild Basin Trailhead

How dumb are we? We're fairly dumb. Many years ago we came to this same area of the National Park, a week later than we did this time, and were freezing cold and go snowed on. Did the memory of this trigger anything packing-wise? No.

We managed to find some hats, gloves and sweatshirts at a flea market before we set out hiking. When we set out hiking, did we take a flashlight? Matches? No. Did we titter at the warning signs about what to be sure to carry with us on the trail? Yes. Parts of this trail run along a portion of the National Park that burned a few years back.

At some point we realized the trail didn't seem to be heading back down, it kept going up, up, up, and the sun was going down, down, down, and the moon was new, new, new (no moonlight). Thus, we turned about and ran, ran, ran back down the trail.