23 July 2012

Monday 23 July 2012, 12.3 miles Denny town road campsite. By Crocadilly. After a night snuggled in the tent listening to the storm passing through we got up to discover that miraculously everything had remained relatively dry! Little did we know that would not last too long! We had a great hike down from the campsite and continued on our merry way! despite putting some respectable miles in today, it was super uncomfortable weather wise - incredibly hot and humid - even Mojo and Skye seemed relatively lethargic probably much to the relief of the native chipmunks and Squirrels! You could feel storms in the air but they just didn't seem quite ready to unleash themselves! With every step I was wishing for rain it was so tough - I have never in my life sweated so much! Our water supplies could barely keep pace with the amount of liquids we were losing and we made a few stops in some beautiful countryside to replenish  our stocks and give the boys a chance to cool down - any form of puddle, pond or stream Mojo finds he immediately pops himself into looking very pleased..his saddle bags normally buoyed like little flotation devices by his side! We had a fantastic much needed super lunch at a little place by the side of a road - we each had a grilled chicken bacon and cheese salad hero! Needless to say that did not make our post lunch progress any better but it was worth it! The last few miles of the day were tough going but we were somewhat pushed along quicker by a weather warning for storms in the area! I think we were all relieve when we came across the signs that the campground we were staying at was not too far ahead! We replenished our water and headed up a short hill to this beautiful camp ground in a clearing - it smelled so fragrant and there were the biggest most beautiful dragonflies just buzzing about everywhere! Idyllic! We set up camp in record time waiting for the storm which passed through as a real non event! Unfortunately though it remained humid for quite some time which meant a less than relaxing sleep in our sweat tent as I named it! :)