So. We agreed to do twenty mile days. We have food for the section at twenty mile days. And we did 27 today plus some extra checking out a campsite that was a dud.
Trail was nice. Even had one bar Verizon (there was a guy stopped under the power lines with his phone). Not enough for most things (no email or web browsing etc) but it did let me do a blog update.
Mild ups and downs. We eventually got to Olallie Lake. Bought a mountain house dinner and sodas and a small pie. Talked with “Irish Exit” and went to sleep.
Our next big target is Big Lake Camp at 659 with showers and laundry.
Day two we did about 17 miles. It was a hard day. Rough trail and a water crossing.
Then today we did 21 miles, part of it on the old PCT”Old Summit Trail.”
We had over two hundred blowdowns and a lot of snow today. More NOBOS. It is getting normal to see them instead of the random feral hiker or hikers worn thin by many hard miles. One poor couple we met this stretch had done over a thousand miles of snow.
The alternative trail had recent maintenance and we had to climb over only half a dozen blowdowns. Where it joins the PCT again there are supposed to be virtually no blowdowns.
Win’s idea to try the alternative was brilliant and I really appreciate her navigation.
Tomorrow we will be at the youth camp. A resupply box. Showers. Laundry. Free camping. That leaves us with Elk Lake at 701.6 which finishes Oregon for us.