Six Mile Camp to Highway 20, Rainy Pass (Staying in Mazama. WA
When I went to sleep the temperature wasn’t too bad, but I felt the temperature lower as the night progressed, but it didn’t get too bad. Oh…I ate a lollipop while blogging last night and threw the wrapper and stick outside my tent alcove. When I got up around 10:30 PM to pee, the stick was back inside the alcove, curtesy of a mouse. In the middle of the night we heard Jazzman yell. It wound up that mice were trying to get to his food all night.
Since we only have 8 miles to hike to get to Rainy Pass where Tim is going to meet us, we decided to sleep in until 7:00 AM. We were ready to hike at 8:54 AM.
Since we only have 8 miles to hike to get to Rainy Pass where Tim is going to meet us, we decided to sleep in until 7:00 AM. We were ready to hike at 8:54 AM.
Ready to hike
Here is the sign pointing to the camp the stayed at last night:
Our camp last night
While hiking out, we saw these prints in the snow. They are mountain lion prints and one of the reasons I don’t hike at night.
Mountain lion prints
More mountain lion prints
The trail started out not to bad and I was able to keep my feet dry so they warmed up some, but as we hiked the snow got slushier and it was impossible to keep my feet dry. Towards the end I just gave up trying knowing that I would soon be in a warm car and headed to a hotel. Around 12:30 PM we made it to Highway 20, Rainy Pass with Tim waiting for us. Here is a photo that Brad took of Rainy Pass…quite an apropos name:
Rain and snow at Rainy Pass
We made our way down to Mazama, WA and checked into the Mazama Inn. We walked next door to the Mazama store where we had sandwiches and draft beer and returned to the room for the night. There is a storm brewing, the remnant of Typhoon Songda. We are definitely off the trail for at least 2 days. How frustrating being less than 60 miles to Canada. At least I have the time to wait. Jazzman on the other hand doesn’t have time. His visa expires on Thursday so he has to get over the border. For now we will just wait it out checking the weather websites regularly helping us decide when we can get back to the hike.
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