Started the day a little earlier than we have been, waking up at 7:30 to ready and get ready for the 11 mile hike down into Irwin. The first part of the morning brought us through stands of dead pine trees that had been killed by an invasive beetle from Japan.  It was...

Woke up to rain, so we took the hostel’s shuttle into to town for breakfast and ate at Huddle house. By the time we finished eating, the rain had lifted and the sun was trying to poke through. We packed up at the Hostel and headed back to the trail.  As we were...