August 7th, Day 110: 1736.0-1773.6
Miles Hiked: 35.4
Gratitude of the Day: I’m thankful for my mom today it’s her birthday. I hope she had a wonderful day and she has a spectacular upcoming year.
Last night the stars were so beautiful and I could see the Milky Way. It was a little chilly but perfect sleeping weather. My alarm went off at 4am and I packed up in the dark. At 4:30 I walked out of camp and headed up trail.
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| Big toad on trail |
After filtering water at 5:45 I enjoyed the cool morning, the sunrise and the fairly easy terrain of the trail. By 10 am I came to mile 15 and trail magic where I caught up with the Salty Butt Bandits who had skipped ahead. I had a morning beer and a cookie and sat for about 30 minutes. Then it was back to hiking as I have a goal to get to Crater Lake by Monday afternoon to see my friends. That means I need to do back to back 35 mile days to give my myself enough time on Monday with them. So I pushed through the day until lunch time where I broke out my new hammock, kicked my shoes off, ate a little lunch and then took a nap for an hour. Then it was another 6 miles to water where I took another break of about 30 minutes.
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| Cute little cabin creature |
We’d heard from some SOBO (South Bound) hikers that there was more trail magic 10 miles down trail, so we all headed that way. Unfortunately I wasn’t the fastest (let’s be honest I usually am not) and it took me until 8pm to get there. By that time they were cleaning up and I got a little water and a couple small candy bars, still grateful for them and the ability to take a seat for a little while. Camp was just another 0.2 miles up trail. At least it wasn’t dark when I set up camp. Hopefully it’ll be a good nights sleep and my legs will feel refreshed in the morning to do another 35 miles tomorrow.
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