August 22, Day 125: 2148.1-2161.0
Miles Hiked: 12.9
Gratitude of the Day: I’m thankful to enter the state of Washington and to be nearly done with the trail.
The past several days have been refreshing. Ali scooped me up from the Eagle Creek Trail and took me into Portland where her and Adam pampered me and welcomed me into their home. Showers, laundry, wonderful food and beer, friends, hot tub, driving me around to run errands, a cozy bed, delicious street truck food (which I ate 3 meals for lunch in one sitting) and just wonderful time was what made my stay so amazing. I truly have the best friends a person could ask for. On the 21st, Adam drove me out to PCT days in Cascade locks and hung around with me as we walked the vendors and then grabbed a burger and beer with me before heading back home. The rest of the day was spent hanging out with the Salty Butt Bandits and enjoying the hiker vibe of PCT days. Today we all got up and had breakfast, slowly packed our things then went to have lunch and finally we all as a group walked across the Bridge of the Gods into Washington together. Our final state and “just” 500 miles to the border of Canada. What lies ahead are major elevation gains and losses, the changing of the season, clouds and rain but, also epic views and stellar parts of the trail that I’ve personally been looking forward to since the beginning of the trail.
Today was a big climb out of the Columbia river gorge but tonight we’re all camped together and we all plan to stay together through the final portion of the trail and reach the terminus together. Today was surreal for me, I’ve driven across the Bridge of the Gods a lot and have seen the PCT emblem on the bridge, today I’m walking across it having walked through California and Oregon. I had a permanent smile on my face as I reached the other side and stepped into Washington.
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