Well, that was a stormy night. Took me a while to sleep because I was watching the tent brace against the wind and the pole flex and bend. I added a couple of guy lines to stabilise before I went to bed and I’m glad I did.

There was light rain too, and this combined with the desert dust made everything a bit mucky. Was a bit late getting moving but the cool weather and easy going trail made the miles relatively easy. However the wind didn’t ease until lunch and it was cold when we stopped.

Ate lunch at Sunrise trailhead, about 10miles down the road, at a bit of a natural windtunnel. We weren’t the only ones drying wet tents there, and filtering water from the animal trough.

Put on a few easy miles and a steep descent into a canyon where a handful of hikers are camping tonight, with the benefit of a small stream just about still flowing.

Julian tomorrow.