Day 16 - Brown Gap to Roaring Fork Shelter

Here is us and our shuttle driver Mark.  He was great and had a impressive physical fitness history of his own.  He picked us up after doing a run and bike working on his transition time for an upcoming triathlon he was going to be competing in later in the month.  After a quick selfie we were ready to hit the trail again. Can you guess what the profile looked like?  That's right straight up for about a mile or more.



Before we started our climb we decided to leave a little something to help inspire The Family.  They

decided to stay on the trail when we had decided to make it a town night.  Hopefully seeing this smiling face would make them smile and give them the encouragement to keep going.  We were excited about what was after the climb for the day.  Not only did the trail simmer down and let up on hills we were heading straight for Max's Patch.  We had heard lots of great things about this point in the trail and were definitely looking forward to it.

On our way to Max's Patch AKsherpa continued with here rock formations and inspiration for The Family.  She has a hidden talent for rock cairns.    We found lots of photo ops today and took advantage for sure.                              

          

   

After all our stops to make cairns and take pictures we made it to Max's Patch.  It was a great view.

We enjoyed our time at Max's Patch and then kept on.  Enjoying easy down hill and even some flat hiking we made it to our Shelter for the night.  Set up the tent settled in and waited for the family to catch up.  

While we waited for The Family another hiker rolled into the shelter.  We chatted him up and found out he had just graduated from Graduate School, had a job lined up in California, and was doing this in between.  He was a great kid and we enjoyed his company.  

The Family finally made it to the shelter.   We had treats and dinner ready for them.  They deserved it after their long day so that we could spend a little more time together.