August 3: Cimarroncito

The next day was a very easy hike, down from Lambert's Mine to the Waite Phillip's hunting lodge. We got in quite early and managed to get a tour of the lodge before taking a short, gentle trail up the valley to Cimarroncito Camp. This is a major staff camp, focusing on rock climbing. A small group of volunteers (Steve, Justin, Julian, and Michael) made a side-trip to the commissary (about 2 1/2 miles round trip) while we ate lunch. We manged to sign up for an afternoon rock climbing session, but the session was canceled due to the threat of lightning, so we ended up spending the afternoon in the climbing gym. We ended up skipping the Cimarroncito camp fire in favor of visiting the Texans once again.