Wednesday, July 18,
Our first day on the trail was eventful.  The boys got to put on their rain suits twice, saw wild turkey, Longhorn Cows, other cow varieties, chickens and a goat!

The hike today was not very hilly nor long, but we made it longer.  Our scouts read the map incorrectly and we did not take a turn into the campsite when we were supposed to....  A lot of our hike was through pastures today.  We hiked down a very steep and rocky gully at the end of the day that dropped us straight into the camp site.  All was well and we figure that we added 1.5 - 2.0 miles to our hike making it about a 7 mile day.

Prior to hiking, we took a tour of Kit Carson's site, which was quite nice.  The boys got to see how people lived in days of old and how they protected themselves against enemies.  They later got to see how people traded for goods with money and bartering.  The got to see and sit on beds made of wheat straw.  We ate lunch after the tour and played a few games and threw tomahawks or "homatawks" as Cody referred to them.  Everyone stuck a couple into the wood targets!

As we set up our first camp, we enjoyed a nice spaghetti dinner (re-hydrated of course)!