Day 5-Nevada

Spent last night in Great Basin national Park, just on the border of Utah and Nevada. Of course, it was pouring down so had to set up camp real quick, enjoyed a nice meal inside my tent consisting of beef jerky and crackers. Afterwwards, started reading The Alchemist (thx for recommending Jacob) and then soon fell asleep. Got up early this morning, packed up my gear for an overnight stay in the forest. Went up South Fork Creek trail (beautiful), about a 3 miles on a 2000' incline where I ran into some amazing meadows (pics are coming next) and scared up a bunch of jive turkeys. Afterwards, had another 3 miles to go to set up camp, ran into a ranger and said no fires, so I turned around down Timber Creel trail which was terrible, straight downhill, tough on the knees. Still a good training day for the upcoming Cali trip. So left the park and am laid up in Ely, Nevada. No clue whats here..actually nothing is here. I am finally getting to clean some clothes tonight and shower up, Im rather disgusting at this point. Tomorrow Im camping in Hawthorne, Nevada on Walker lake, and will leave there at 8 am Friday to head towards Mather, CA for a 3 day outing in the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, I expect good things and an intense trip. This will be my last post until then. Hope everyong is going well..