10.6 miles of hiking • 2000' elevation gain •
This was the first day of a two week vacation, and the trail in the Dark Divide was fantastic. Badger Lake is amazing and worth the rutted dirt bike trail! Unfortunately, I felt my bad knee tweak on the back inside, and I knew I had just torn my meniscus in a new location again. Cr_p, it was the first day of vacation and I ended up seeing two doctors, and had a shot of cortisone injected in it. I couldn't hike more than 1 mile per day, after taking at least two days off. Then I was told to keep the hikes down to 5 miles. We were to be going to Eagle Cap and Strawberry Mountain Wilderness, along with the John Day Fossil Beds. What a frustrating time in the next two weeks, but I manage to have some great hikes on the second of the two weeks off, as you will see when I complete adding all my hikes. I believe this year will be short 100+ miles due to this injury. Also, this meniscus injury isn't really healing, but I can still comfortably hike up to 8-12 miles, followed by ice packs. So far, a great hiking year, but fraught with new injuries. I guess it's par for the course?
