Well this past weekend I was able to go camping in the Uinta’s and
it was a bit of an adventure. Me and some friends went up Thursday and started
to hike into our campsite. For the hike the weather was great most of the way
up. Unfortunately that would soon change, just as we were setting up camp a
huge rainstorm blew in and it rained pretty hard the rest of the day. That
night however was an even bigger challenge. For those of you who have gone
backpacking before you know the tents aren't the most waterproof things in the
world and these were no exception. By the time we woke up in the morning we
were sleeping in a big puddle, which isn't the warmest thing in the world but
the weather had cleared up. So being the optimistic people we are we headed out
on a short hike that morning to a couple of lakes in the area. As we started
back our worst fears had come true it was raining again, and this time even
harder.
So as we returned to camp soaked from head
to toe we decided to take a vote on whether to stay or to go. After a pretty unanimous vote we decided on cutting our trip short, mainly due to the poor sleeping conditions.
So as we packed up the puddles we called our tents we headed out in the rain.
Thankfully the hike wasn't a very long one so we were out of the rain and into
our cars within a couple of hours. As for the people that say Utah is in a
drought right now they need to head to the Uinta's before making that
statement.
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