P.O.T.B.R. 2025 Day 7

    Today was another campsite relocating day. We had to wake up pretty early in order to pack up everything and head out by 8 am. The car ride was going to be an 8-9 hour road trip from Spokane, WA to Crane Prairie in Oregon. It surprisingly didn't feel like that long. I think it's also because I slept most of the way there and would only get up to stretch whenever we stopped for a bathroom break. I'm also surprised my head didn't hurt like last time. Lemon usually helps ease my nausea so I think the lemonade I got at the gas station really helped.  I did lose some feeling in legs though.

    We finally arrived at around 5 pm, set up our tents and got to preparing dinner. I think tonight's dinner was one of my favorite foods: meat, lettuce, and cheese wrapped in a tortilla but Monette's cooking is always good. But I think I ate so much that it upset my stomach, the cold didn't help either. It kind of feels like every new location it gets even colder. On the way up here it was snowing and I unfortunately didn't plan out my clothes as well as I should've. I'm pretty happy I decided to get this one hoodie from a previous grocery store last time though, it's been coming in handy. I think next time I'll get some gloves to keep me warm out here. We also collected our water from this campsite since we're next to a lake this time. I would actually go for a swim but I heard there were leeches in this one. I've never had an experience with leeches and I don't think I want one. It's very pretty though, people fish and go out on their boats out here.

    We also built a fire to keep us warm since it's so cold out here, its random wood and pines but it's working. Hopefully we'll get a lot of firewood for it later on. 



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