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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AlViking" data-source="post: 9704665" data-attributes="member: 6906980">Been there, done that many, many years ago.  It was an awesome trip and an amazing adventure.  I have fond memories of climbing to the top of Baldy Mountain and along the way met a group from Texas.  Even though it was early July there was still snow and the guide for the Texans started a snowball fight and then faded away.  Those poor kids didn't stand a chance against us Minnesotan boys.  Another day we ended up hiking a bit over 20 miles because we didn't double check the map carefully enough and took the long route.  Got to put a hole in our leader's hat when we met him back at a base camp because he didn't think I could hit it with a black powder rifle at what I think was about 30 yards away.  I was a farm kid who spent way too many hours shooting empty cans and I asked him if it was okay to put a hole in it before I shot.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Fantastic views, incredible hike, so many good memories.  Things like this gave me a love of hiking and camping and an appreciation of all the gear you have to carry to do it safely.Note - none of your Day n links work for me.</blockquote>