It only rains in the desert when you don’t have shelter

Equipped with pita chips and almond butter, we braved the desert wilderness and its frequent rainstorms without our ripped canvas sheet and bent metal poles. The first two days, we built fence and it rained. Then our beloved BLM contact Marty and her cat Skidoo came out to visit and work with us. We put in step-overs and sheep-gates with Marty and built more of the fence and it rained. Then, we visited the Rands crew and helped them with a large incursion. The next day we headed back into town for a post-hitch party that was run by M-A-double D-I-E. On the last day of hitch we headed to a volunteer clean up in Sand Canyon, near the Owens Peak Wilderness. We collected some goodies from the river, for example; a BBQ grill. We had hamburgers and hot dogs for lunch.