{"id":415,"date":"2019-08-12T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T15:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.0.0.40\/LostInPlace\/?p=415"},"modified":"2020-07-16T16:00:41","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T16:00:41","slug":"day-122-8-12-19-first-frost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodpeeps.com\/ProbablyLost\/day-122-8-12-19-first-frost\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 122 First Frost, Parting of the Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It froze last night for the first time.\u00a0 I didn’t want to face the cold so I had a late start of 7:30. It’s funny how much determination it takes to get out of your warm sleeping bag and put on frozen socks and then deal with all the frost on your tent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I made it to the top of the divide by 9:00 where the views were amazing. The trail flattens out on top of the plateau and there are several small lakes nestled in the rocks.\u00a0 I am quite alone, several days behind the Sobo bubble. I am feeling much better right now and I hope I can make up a few miles today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grand Teton (on left) and Mt Moran from Two Ocean Plateau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Two Ocean Plateau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dropping down into Two Ocean Creek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I saw the Parting of the Waters today.\u00a0 It really is a special spot.\u00a0 Two Ocean creek comes down the mountain and actually splits in two – one half becomes Atlantic Creek and flows left to the Atlantic Ocean, and the other half becomes Pacific Creek and flows right to the Pacific ocean.\u00a0 This is unstable – in general one or the other will capture the entire flow.\u00a0 I didn’t see any signs of human manipulation though, and it was almost equal flows in both directions.\u00a0 Very curious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Parting of the Waters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I walked past a cowboy camp in the afternoon along the North Fork Buffalo Creek.\u00a0 It was set back in the trees and a couple of cowboys sitting on a log waved at me.\u00a0 I waved back and walked over.\u00a0 They said “Take a load off and visit”. And so I did.\u00a0 I introduced myself and sat on another log and we talked about the trail, and their horse vacations, and about the land around us.\u00a0 I thoroughly enjoyed myself.\u00a0 When I left they gave me some cookies and raisins, which was much appreciated as my food is getting quite low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I felt much better today and managed 19 miles.\u00a0 This place is so much more unspoiled and wild than Yellowstone.\u00a0 I don’t like all the rules that the park imposes on visitors, although with so many I guess it’s necessary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have my tent set up in a beautiful spot near the trail and Soda Creek. It is near some trees at the edge of a meadow in a flat grassy spot. There are no bugs and I’m in some cool shade from the late afternoon sun. A couple of south bounders just went past.\u00a0 We talked for a bit and they said they were trying to do a thirty and had to go.\u00a0 Now I feel guilty with my paltry 19.\u00a0 Oh well.\u00a0 I’m happy in my tent and it is very peaceful here. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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