Woke up to a wet tent. Not from rain but from the condensation caused by camping in the meadow next to Muddy Creek, along Forest Road 100. With a high overcast lasting until around 11am, I hiked the road all morning thinking about the wet tent on my backpack. When the first sun came I stopped for an extra long coffee break to dry it out.
Not the most interesting road walk, but had some pretty views of the high meadows in the area. The road passes through a major burn that happened several years ago. There were also a few cars that passed me by, one of them asking if I was ok and had enough water.
Forest Road 100 leads to two trails within the Sarvis Creek Wilderness. First is the Sarvis Creek Trail which I plotted as an alternate route that would lead to the town of Oak Creek. It would also make segment 3 - just under 40 miles long.
The second option, and the one I had intended on taking is the Silver Creek Trail which leads to another shorter road walk before launching over the Morrison Divide. Once on the Silver Creek Trail, I found my mood shifting out of the monotony of the hard packed road walk. With afternoon rain looming on the horizon, I found a nice campsite with Silver Creek nearby. After settling into camp the rain stopped and the sun came out for a while before setting, ending Day 11 and the long road walk.
