November 5

We left the cabin this morning as the sun was rising over the city in the valley below us. It was cold last night, but the cabin worked well as a wind block and we stayed warm and slept well. The walk this morning to water was 6 miles and everyone missed the turn except myself and Jane. We sat at a picnic table for a while eating breakfast until we guessed that they missed the turn and left to catch them. It was another 7 miles to the next water, but no one was really dry since the weather was cool all morning. Smooth took off ahead when we stopped for a snack and said he would wait for us at lunch. He missed stopping at the last crossing of the river we were following and climbed to the top of the ridge before stopping for lunch. We ate without him at the last crossing and were chasing him the rest of the day. We finally found him and are camped on a ridge top overlooking city lights and facing east. The sunrise is going to be beautiful from up here.