Paved Panther Creek Road to Blue Lake
The alarm went off at 6:00 AM in the comfy Airbnb bed. I quickly realized that I didn't have much to do before leaving so I pushed snooze to get 10 more minutes in the bed. It is so nice waking up in a bed. I love sleeping in the tent, but it is starting to get a bit taxing.
At 6:10 AM I got out of bed and got ready to leave for the trail. We left the house around 6:45 AM and was at the trail, after stopping at the general store for a drink, at 7:15 AM right when Share Bear and Brad emerged from the forest after a night of camping.
We packed our bags for the day and was ready to hike at 7:48 AM.
At 6:10 AM I got out of bed and got ready to leave for the trail. We left the house around 6:45 AM and was at the trail, after stopping at the general store for a drink, at 7:15 AM right when Share Bear and Brad emerged from the forest after a night of camping.
We packed our bags for the day and was ready to hike at 7:48 AM.
Ready to hike
Today we get to slack pack the first 16 miles of the day which is awesome since the day starts out with a 9 mile hill that climbs over 4,000 feet.
While climbing the hill we met up with Stitch who was taking it easy because he is having pain on the bottom of his feet. He decided to try hiking with us for the day knowing that we hike steady and take breaks...something that he is not used to doing.
The climb took us until noon, but the rewarded scenery was so worth it:
While climbing the hill we met up with Stitch who was taking it easy because he is having pain on the bottom of his feet. He decided to try hiking with us for the day knowing that we hike steady and take breaks...something that he is not used to doing.
The climb took us until noon, but the rewarded scenery was so worth it:
A view of Mount Adams at the top of the climb
We took our lunch break at 1:30 PM. Stitch decided that since he had a whole one hour break, he would set up his hammock. I think he will get used to hiking with us pretty quickly.
Share Bear even managed to get a few minute nap in before we headed out to meet Tim.
Resting Share Bear
After lunch the trail was pretty easy and beautiful. Check out the fall colors that we love to look at but are making us nervous that winter is on its way:
Fall colors on the PCT
We met Tim at 4:00 PM and packed all the gear and food we needed till we get to the town of Trout Lake tomorrow. Stitch decided to take off and try to get miles in so he can get to town to rest his feet some. We on the other hand took our time to climb the next hill that runs for 4.5 miles. At least it wasn't as steep as the climb this morning. I was pretty happy to see an old PCT sign on the way up.
PCT sign of the day
As we started climbing the sky clouded over and there was sounds of thunder. As we got towards the top we could see rain around us, but not on us.
Rain close by
And the highlight of the day...we hit the 2,200 mile point! We now have only 450 miles left. How exciting!!
Proof I'm standing at PCT mile 2,200
My 2,200 mile pose
Somehow the climb took longer than expected and we didn't get to camp until almost 7:30 PM just when it was about dark. Because it was pretty dark, we couldn't find a good campsite that is protected from the wind over the lake we are camped by, so as I lay here typing this blog I am actually shivering a bit. I better wrap this up and zip up the sleeping bag. Hopefully the rain will stay away tonight, because worse than wind and cold is adding rain to the mix. So, until tomorrow...
My home for the night
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