Granddady day 1

What a tough day. The hike that took Matt and I only 2 hours took us over 4. Big learning experience. Heavy packs and kids do not go together. Matt did awesome once we got his sleeping bag off. Need to find a much lighter one for him. He was an absolute trooper. One of the boys Dillan was stopping to rest ever few hundred yards his pack does not have any kind of a waist belt and so all of the weight in his pack was on his shoulders. He also brought a bunch more food and a big survival book. Finally his sleeping bag is a giant -20 bag way overkill. Bryce and I actually took most of his stuff off his pack and then he still struggled getting up over the pass so I carried his pack up the latn climb to hades pass and from there almost to Granddady lake. Zack did not eat and did not drink enough so he had a spot of heat exhaustion coupled with a little bit of altitude sickness.

Tyler caught a cut throat in Granddady lake while they wired for us to get there. But only one hit in about an hour while they ate lunch. We then pushed on to Mohawk lake to a chorus of. "are we there yet" and "how much further?"

Finally we reached the lake and it was magnificent. With our packs off everyone had a bit of new life and camp was set up quickly. All 4 boys in their hammocks and the other three leaders in tents. I set up my big tarp as a mess/gear tarp for everyone.

Paul sawed logs for a few hours and the res of us tried some fishing and swimming. The boys lit the fire with their fire steels and it was a riot to see how much fun they had doing it. Dinner was light but tasty after the long day.

Zack with his altitude sickness ended up in with Paul and Bryce in the tent. Matt got scared of the noises in the night and also ended up in the tent.

I decided to take a short hike over to Marcel lake whit looked like about half a mile but it was over the forest floor, not on a trail. After half an hour I was pooped and although the GPS said I should be seeing the lake it was not there so I slowly started back. I was impressed how well I did with sense of direction every time I checked I was headed the right way which was surprising over the hills and valleys of the basin.

We finished up the day with the story of Enos and talked a lot about conversion and missionary work.

No fish, long hike, it was a rough day. Haven said it was " hard but fun too."