To PCT mile 2343.1 (stats here).
The bed was swell and I felt good about how the previous day turned out to be, but my sleep was restless. I woke up every now and then. I got up 6am to have some coffee with Eli and Dianne. I had my usual oatmeal mix as breakfast. We had nice conversations before Eli left for work. After that I set up my gear, dried out and cleaned the tarp and groundsheet. After being cloudy in the morning, the sun came out and it seemed to be a beautiful day. Dianne kindly donated me a large waste bag that I used as a liner to protect my stuff from further rain.
Dianne gave me a ride back to trailhead during her lunchbreak and I was there 11:30am. Vertigo was still there doing trail magic and I chatted about him how things went. Mochi came to enjoy a soda as well. I started hiking around 12pm and kept a relaxed pace, enjoying the clear and sunny, although cold weather. I was feeling a slight pain on both of my ankles, or maybe more on the topsides of my feet, but thought that it was mostly because the previous day I did not keep breaks or do any maintanence. I would need to get back on having normal breaks and stretching.
The hiking was nice. The views were astonishing now that the clouds had cleared. You could see Mt. Rainier and other rugged mountain ridges. As I was not that far away from Chinook Pass, which is a major trailhead, there were lots of day hikers. They thinned out eventually as you got further away. I kept leap frogging with Mochi who took more breaks than I did.
I did not check where to camp until around 5pm. I noticed that the cabin I dreamed about the previous day would have been within reachable distance if I would have one hour more to hike, but I did want to make camp way before dark today. It felt that without the sun it would be really cold and I wanted to have proper sleep tonight. In the end, it was 4 miles to the cabin when I settled for my camp. Just to be sure, I put up the tarp as my camp site was deep in the woods and moisture might be an issue. I did not want my stuff wet again.
The bed was swell and I felt good about how the previous day turned out to be, but my sleep was restless. I woke up every now and then. I got up 6am to have some coffee with Eli and Dianne. I had my usual oatmeal mix as breakfast. We had nice conversations before Eli left for work. After that I set up my gear, dried out and cleaned the tarp and groundsheet. After being cloudy in the morning, the sun came out and it seemed to be a beautiful day. Dianne kindly donated me a large waste bag that I used as a liner to protect my stuff from further rain.
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| What an amazing view from Diannes home. |
Dianne gave me a ride back to trailhead during her lunchbreak and I was there 11:30am. Vertigo was still there doing trail magic and I chatted about him how things went. Mochi came to enjoy a soda as well. I started hiking around 12pm and kept a relaxed pace, enjoying the clear and sunny, although cold weather. I was feeling a slight pain on both of my ankles, or maybe more on the topsides of my feet, but thought that it was mostly because the previous day I did not keep breaks or do any maintanence. I would need to get back on having normal breaks and stretching.
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| Finally some visibility. Mt Rainier, I got to see you! |
The hiking was nice. The views were astonishing now that the clouds had cleared. You could see Mt. Rainier and other rugged mountain ridges. As I was not that far away from Chinook Pass, which is a major trailhead, there were lots of day hikers. They thinned out eventually as you got further away. I kept leap frogging with Mochi who took more breaks than I did.
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| Looks like autumn. But sadly the trees are just burnt. |
I did not check where to camp until around 5pm. I noticed that the cabin I dreamed about the previous day would have been within reachable distance if I would have one hour more to hike, but I did want to make camp way before dark today. It felt that without the sun it would be really cold and I wanted to have proper sleep tonight. In the end, it was 4 miles to the cabin when I settled for my camp. Just to be sure, I put up the tarp as my camp site was deep in the woods and moisture might be an issue. I did not want my stuff wet again.
I'm glad Packwood treated you well. Bon voyage, Markus!
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