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Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne, July 2003 Continued...

Day 2

The second day was more of same, walking and swimming.  However, our maps indicated a slight hill about 1 mile past Cathedral Creek, the first climb of these two days, and we ended up going up, over and down the parched trail during the hottest part of the day.  As usual, the climb was tough on Em while the descent troubled me.

Once on the other side of the hill we found Peter waiting for us, along with mosquitoes.  He had been instructed to find the first campsite beyond the hill and this may have been it, but so early in the season mosquitoes where in force so we moved on.  And on, and on for a quality campsite was not to be found until we where within about 1 mile of Pate Valley.  But it was an exceptional site, with a gentle waterfall leading into a giant pool, at least 100’ by 100’, probably much larger.  After a brief swim, pitching our tent and a snack (in that order) we backtracked along the trail to find out where Henrik, Anne and Mike where.  Mosquitoes called our bluff and we headed back without finding them, although they showed up with Peter a bit later.

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