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Philmont has 2000 to 3000 trees on some acres. It was fun!!! Then we lunched and did a short version of Challenge games in the afternoon before departing for Baldy Town. This crew got everyone over the wall; my 97 crew did not get the last one up! We got into Baldy after 5PM, but they opened the commissary for us. We used two of the new campsites-Site 2 part way down the hill for food and bear stuff and Site 3 at bottom for tents.
Day 8 - Pueblano - We took a side hike of Baldy in the AM, starting at 6:30. It was about 11 when we got back. GREAT DAY!! Our third-time trekker said it was the clearest of all three of his treks at Baldy. This was the only place he really took pictures so it must have been!!! Luckily ,the Scouts came to their senses and did not do it with packs as they were planning. They wanted to go from the top to French Henry to Pueblano. We lost one Scout to a sprained ankle he had been nursing for two days. "First available transport" took him to the Health Lodge in the morning. An Advisor and a Scout did not go up Baldy but stayed in camp. They had a dinner ready for lunch for us when we returned. Because of the time (it was almost noon), we skipped French Henry so we missed blacksmithing yet again!! We had three hours of rain on the way to Pueblano along the part with all the stream crossings. It was hard to tell the difference between the trail and the stream in places. Again, we were late getting to Pueblano. We had a cold supper (originally meant as lunch). The kids were a little
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