trails back uphill towards the aid station and ended up coming across what nick said is probably a new trail in development. they had pink flags laid out across the side of the hill in a path. he explained the long, drawn-out process that people have to go through to develop a new trail. more power to them for all the political stuff that they have to deal with! after that, we linked up with a dried up creek bed and eventually found ourselves back at the aid station.
from there, we planned on heading back up north but asked nick what points of interest we should hit on the way 