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Day 153 (19 September) - Mile 2144.19 - 2154.13

9/19/2016

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Cascade Locks, OR to Campsite at Mile 2154.13, WA

I woke in the hotel room around 8:00 AM...how nice. I had a bit of trouble sleeping because of some foot pain where I have some rubbing marks from hiking all day yesterday with wet feet. Somehow when I woke up it felt a lot better. Today I will throw my current shoes away and start the state of Washington with new Brooks Cascadias. 

We had till 11:00 AM for checkout to sort out our food for the next 7 days.  We then loaded up the 4Runner and went to do some shopping. After shopping we went to the Fish Market where I had awesome sturgeon fish & chips and smoked salmon collar. Both were pretty outstanding. Then back across the street to waste some more time before finally being ready to leave for the hike before 2:00 PM. 

It was hard leaving town mostly because I think we were still pretty tired from yesterday's mammoth 28.50 mile day. There were other hikers we saw in town that were also stuck. We saw Stitch, Jazzman, Rainbow, and Pig Pen just to name a few. 

Once we started waking we were excited to get to the bridge. On the way I had to take a photo of the town sign: 
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Cascade Locks
With all the delaying and finally going, we forgot to take the daily photo, but then remembered.
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Ready to hike
Today is a totally exciting day. On the other side of this bridge is Washington, our third and finally state.
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In Washington!!
When we got back on the trail, the sign said it was 507.2 miles to Canada. It is actually 505.2. So exciting...we will soon be under 500 miles to the end.
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PCT sign of the day #1
Wow...check out this PCT sign being eaten by a moss-covered tree:
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PCT sign of the day #2
Washington is so beautiful...it looks a lot like Oregon actually.
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Cool bridge in Washington on the PCT
We were supposed to hike only 13.25 miles which should have been doable. However, with our late exit from Cascade Locks and the crazy up we have to do, we determined that we weren't going to make it. There is a campsite listed that is 3 miles short, but the notes say it can only hold 2 tents and is a bit tilty. Oh well, we will have to make it work. 

Just at 7:00 PM we made it to the site. It was tilty, but we should be able to fit the three of us. Then Stitch showed up and he set up his hammock and then Jazzman showed up and found a small space he could fit. So, in a tilty site for 1 tents we have 4 tents and a hammock...pretty cool. 

After the huge lunch and the long climb I wasn't in the mood to cook, so I ate some of Sarah's banana bread and a peanut snack and was ready to hit the tent. Tomorrow we will have to make up the 3 miles we didn't hike today, so we need to get an early start and I am pretty exhausted, so, until tomorrow...
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Home for the night
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