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Troop 72 at Philmont 2016: Day 5
June 5-21, 2016, the Scouts of Troop72.com embarked on the greatest adventure in Scouting: PHILMONT!

Day 5 (7/12/16): Sioux (Ponil) to Pueblano (6.36 miles)

Day 5 (Tue, July 12, 2016) at Philmont: Sioux (Ponil) to Pueblano

We got to sleep in today, since we couldn't pick up our burros at Ponil until 8:00 am. So we didn't awake until 5:50, although Ranger Dave had to sneak out at 5:15 to catch a ride to base camp to lead his next crew. It was a beautiful morning, with great sleeping weather at 54 degrees.

We reached Ponil by 7:25 am and picked up our food for the next few days before getting our burro training. Then we had a couple of hours to kill, since our conservation slot at Flume Canyon wasn't until 2pm. So we drank more root beer, bought more snacks, and wrote postcards home. By the time we hit the trail at 11:15 with our new burros carrying about 40 lbs each, it was already getting hot.

We made it to Flume Canyon by 12:45, then killed an hour and a quarter eating lunch on the trail. Our conservation project was trail-building about a quarter mile up a new trail. When we finished at 5pm, we knew we'd be a little late getting into camp at Pueblano, so one of the conservation guys said he'd have a pot of boiling water ready for us! And it was there when we arrived at 6:05, which was very nice in getting a head start in rehydrating our suppers.

This allowed us to make it to Loggerball almost on time at 7:10 pm. I couldn't believe it was still 76 degrees F ath that time of night, at an altitude of 8080 feet! Following Loggerball was the "Company Meeting" -- stories and music around a campfire. We got to bed at 10:30 pm, after a relatively short day of hiking (6.36 miles, avg. pace 24:00).

Here are a some photos I took with my new Canon 70D camera.

- Tom Arneberg (toma@arneberg.com)        

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