-woke up at 530. Gorgeous sunrise, red clouds -hiked for over an hour along the winding creek bed, which had more and more water in it the further I went, meaning finding more shortcuts were necessary -went poop at 730 -made it out of creek bed and into basin, followed bison trails where I could find them, often had to go through chest high grass -kept following gps track for guidance, sort of a choose your own adventure -got lightly rained on a couple of times -terrain varied so much, from high grass to crumbly rock to dry cracking ground to mud to rocky mounds to grassy plateau -at a high point around noon I got some service and was able to video call with mom and then dad -saw bison, antelope, prairie dogs, lots of different birds and bugs -did last 4 or 5 miles along the fence at the edge of the national park and private property -made it back to the car at around 2:30 -such an amazing hike and landscape