Return to Expedition 2000 homeCody Massing
May 4, 2000
9:00AM
Location:
Probably about 58 miles into trail,
walked 32.1 miles total;
past Rock Lake;
11T0435261/5214824, 1700 ft elevation
Temperature and Weather:
Windy and overcast with a few breaks in clouds; 50 degrees Fahrenheit
Habitat:
Rocky outcropping, sagebrush steppe. No trees, many rocky cliffs and caves, small muddy stream; clumps of grass, some exposed soil, rocky terrain
#9
12:56PM
Location: 11T0426486/5212694; 1600 ft
Temperature and Weather:
67 degrees, partly-mostly cloudy, sun is out, cumulous clouds
Habitat:
Grassland/Steppe; first sagebrush spotted; much mullen, Russian thistle, balsam root, and lupin which hasn’t bloomed yet, large clumps of tall thick grass - possibly native bunch grass. To the South is a grove of cottonwood (??) trees - looks like big aspen - cottonwood - poplar mix, unsure of kind. Rocky outcroppings and plateaus all around. Wheat fields far to the south. Rugged and empty landscape; no other trees; very large black beetles on trail-shiny and plain; also small blue butterflies. Thought to have spotted a black widow - didn’t get a good look at it.
6.9 miles today (39 miles total)
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