{"id":2734,"date":"2019-07-04T11:02:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T18:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/?p=2734"},"modified":"2019-07-07T11:04:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T18:04:17","slug":"day-75-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/2019\/07\/04\/day-75-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 75: Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night as we were dropping off to sleep we heard some crashing about in the bush just outside our tent. It turned out to be a couple of hikers looking for a tent space. Unfortunately for them, we had taken the only available flat area, so they ended up sleeping on the nearby footbridge. The track continued to be quite overgrown.<\/p>\n

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We walked about 12 miles into the small village of Seiad Valley. On the way we saw a young buck (we have seen quite a few does).<\/p>\n

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Fortunately the general store and Cafe were open even though it was a public holiday as OG needed to collect a new pair of shoes that he had posted to the store. We enjoyed a lunch at the Cafe, then set out again, climbing more than 5000′ up into the mountains. It was a gruelling climb in the hot sun, but fortunately we could replenish our water from a spring on the way up.<\/p>\n

Now we are camped it is quite windy and probably will be a cool night.<\/p>\n

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We managed 22 miles which we were pleased with considering the steep climb and the two and a half hours we spent in town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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