The load carriers. Energizer bunnies all!


In some places, the Middle Fork trail is carved right out of the cliff

Blackjack

At this point they are wondering when this nonsense will end


Little Brother looks down on Cocoa-Brownie


Talk about carved out of the cliff!

Boys are looking tired. And they've a long way to go!


Cocoa-Brownie is panting. But then Cocoa-Brownie is Always Panting



Goats are not exactly water babies, but I have had relatively little trouble getting my guys across the water! I guess that after I manually hauled Blackjack across the stream a couple of times he decided that he'd much rather do it on his own.

Hey! You're getting the bags wet! And what was in the bag? My sleeping pad. Had to do some drying out of things before setting up the tent, etc.

So let's get going, eh?