Continuing north on HCO, May 26, 2006; day 21. Another storm front caught up with us. The snow level crept down the Ruby Mountains, top right. Smith Creek joined Huntington Creek in a wet spring flow. Together they washed out the road at the confluence, above. Smith Creek is a main artery for the west central Ruby Mountain drainage. Even in August, Finley McDiarmid noted the size of this creek, right. Our team lined it's tents along a fence line, in tall sage, to protect them from the high winds of the storm, middle right. Expedition leader Lee Bergthold inspects for damage the morning after.