Its only 6 Miles He Said

A friend called and asked me if I wanted to go and help him set up hunting camp. He said it was only a 6 mile horse ride. Right, well after 14 miles and a climb up to a Alpine Lake at 11800 feet in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Colorado High Country. It was a hard trail packing the horses in and with his camp. I questioned going along but it was a good adventure into the High Country and I did enjoy it. I just didn't tell him that