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Wam bam yes ma’am the first mountain of this summer is done. My alarm went off today at 6:35. I did infact get up but if I woke up is another thing. Five minutes later my dad came in my room to my sitting up criss cross in my bed back asleep. I got ready quickly then grabbed my buttered English muffin and got in the car. I put my blanket over my head and attempted to fall back asleep but doe to the plethora of rocks in ditches in the road. This was not working out. A little over halfway through the hours ride I hear “do we have the treaking poles” “nope we must have forgotten them.” The fact we were climbing a mountain with out them was not making the already in a bad mood tired and annoyed ellie much happier. We pulled into the parking lot and realized hey we don’t have bug spray and we are about to walk through the forest with a lot of bugs. FUN!! We started the hike and the fact that we did not have the poles affected me shockingly little. I suppose this is because I never actually learned how to use them right so on most hikes I end up just kind of dragging them behind me. I should probably watch a YouTube video and find out how to use them. Who knows it might help. I was in a good mood but this is only because I was bribed with a new book. When we were a little under 2 miles I and just getting the sattle we realized we don’t have lunch we forgot it in the cooler. It this point we were 2/3 done with the horzontal distance. At 1/2 done with the vertical distance. So we just kept going. The last mile up was hard. It was steep and on loose rock. So you had to be very careful with every step. I seem to have a pattern on this hike. Both time we have done it I hyperventilatedwhen we did finally make it to the top we stayed up for a total of about three minutes. I chugged my Gatorade and ate a meat stick. To reful myself for the way down. The way down was really hard. It was VERY steep. The stress off the storm coming up was not helpful. My ankles kept giving out but non the less we made it down without a single drop of rain on us. We drove to the moncos brewery. We split a pizza and some spinach artichoke dip. Then zoe and I got bored. And I wanted ice cream do we drove and bought a pint of cookies and cream ice cream. We could not finish it so I brought the rest to my parents. Then we drove back to the house. I took a shower. (This time I was not locked out of my room). For dinner we made breakfast. I am so mentally and physically exasted. I’m so glad tomorrow is a rest day! It is now a bit past ten and I am already in bed. So after I finish re-reading and editing anx publishing this I am going to bed!