September 11, Day 145: 2494.6-2518.8
Miles Hiked: 24.2
Gratitude of the Day: I’m thankful for Madison “Hiccups” Hess. She’s always a bright spot on trail, a hug and a laugh. Us gingers gotta stick together!
Last night it rained continuously through the night and into the morning. I woke at 6:30 but the rain was still coming down so I just stayed in my tent. Finally around 7:15 it let up enough to crawl out and start packing up all the wet gear. The fog was still present but at least it wasn’t raining. I left super late for me at 8:20am. I wore my rain pants out of camp because I didn’t want my legs and shorts to get soaked from all the bushes that hang over onto the trail. It was an ass kicker of a day from the start with a huge climb but as I descended the other side I got peekaboo glances of Glacier Peak and the fall colors on the hills and valleys below were beautiful. But I also passed the 2500 miles marker!
It would be the last view I’d see the rest of the day. At lunch though I caught up to Catch who has been just behind me since Nor Cal and she jumped ahead just the last day. I caught her airing out her gear so I stopped and joined her and ate lunch.
Today the group is trying to make it 24+ miles but the elevation gain and loss is pretty significant. Add in that I started the day with wet shoes, socks and shirt it was a rough day. After lunch Catch and I hiked together down into the valley below, but rest assured if the PCT drops into a valley here in Washington, it’s going to climb right back out of it and it sure did. We crossed a glacier creek across a log and then immediately began to climb for 3+ miles, and it was a Washington roots, side hill, downed trees type of climb. By 6:30 I reached camp at Fire Creek. I think from the exhaustion from the day I was super light headed and I slowly set up camp. Tonight there are 20 tents crammed into this tiny camp spot. Washington is making me earn the border and kicking my butt just 135 more miles until Canada!
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