{"id":2617,"date":"2014-04-06T01:08:17","date_gmt":"2014-04-06T06:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rswproductions.net\/travels\/?p=2617"},"modified":"2019-03-26T09:39:14","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T14:39:14","slug":"day-6-cont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/?p=2617","title":{"rendered":"Day 6 cont.&rsquo;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_31_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"618\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pizza right out on the trail . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_32.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_32_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"574\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ready . . . set . . . go<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_33.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_33_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"642\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>. . . the vultures descend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_34.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_34_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"535\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>. . . lunch on the veranda.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_35.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_35_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"611\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had such a big lunch that Merrick proposed taking the group on a survival tour . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_36.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_36_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"683\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>. . . into the abyss.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_37.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_37_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"729\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>BillyB, our mbbt mountaineer, was the only one who followed Merrick down the long channel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_38.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_38_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"737\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once the water reached chest height and Merrick had to pull out BillyB after he went in over his head, they came out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_39.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_39_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"667\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back on the trail to Potato Bottom campground.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_40.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_40_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"578\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The river was a welcoming site on a hot day . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_41_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"654\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>. . . but too cold for a bath. Dave takes a birdbath in the hand bath.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_42.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_42_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"629\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>BillyB was our mountaineer and George and BillF were our trip scientists and meteorologists. George tuned into the weather each evening and morning to give us the update.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_43.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_43_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"631\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chips and salsa at 5:30pm . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_44.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_44_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"821\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>. . . as we watch Merrick add his \u2018secret sauce\u2019 to the pork tenderloins.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_45.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_45_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"786\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ready to eat . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_46.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_46_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"689\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mushroom salad with pine nuts . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_47.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_47_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"606\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy hour . . . it\u2019s five o\u2019clock somewhere!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_48.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_48_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"590\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As we face west we see our climb for the next day. Several riders pass through the slot as we sipped our vino and beer . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_49.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_49_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"672\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>. . . we finally figure out the approach. It looked steep.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_50.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_50_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"807\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The call for dinner brought us out of the spell . . . couscous with raisins . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_51.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_51_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"760\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dinner is served.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_52.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_52_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"708\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seating for five. A little too spicy for BillyB.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_53.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_53_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"680\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A double decker dessert . . . in the desert.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_54.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_54_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"710\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blueberry and strawberry rhubarb.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_55.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_55_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"626\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gee . . . I wonder is anyone is interested in dessert?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_56.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6_56_thumb.jpg\" width=\"1004\" height=\"688\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>. . .and maybe seconds, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pizza right out on the trail . . . Ready . . . set . . . go . . . the vultures descend. . . . lunch on the veranda. 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