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| Jamie "Hot Wings" and Matt "Yabbadabbadude" drop us off at Stevens Pass |
After spending most of the day relaxing at the cabin with Jamie and Matt, we headed back to Stevens Pass. It was about 7 pm when we started hiking up the ski hill at Stevens Pass Resort. The sun was setting and the fog seemed to be lifting as well. Perhaps we will have a clear night for once! Although there was some exposed camping at the top of the ski hill and it was past 8 pm, we decided to hike 2 more miles to Sally Jean Lake to camp for the night. We got into camp around 9, cooked dinner, and then set up the bivy to cowboy camp since the sky was clear amd full of stars. It was great to finally be able to sleep out again after so much rain!
The next 3 days the weather was perfect for us. No rain! Some fog but mostly it was clear for us. Perfect for taking photos. We hiked 21 miles the second day out and camped with several other thru-hikers by a sweet creek. The following day we hiked 25 miles (for our longest day so far) and camped on a very wide switchback. Then 23 miles into Snoqualmie Pass the next day-- we heard about the Aardvark, a yummy food truck outside of the Chevron at Snoqualmie Pass and we
needed to get there for dinner that night. The curry was delicious!
We met a couple other hikers who are northbound and camped with them under the Aardvark's picnic tent, which proved to be a challenge with some random construction going on. With the help of earplugs, we were able to sleep in until 9am. We had breakfast and met up with Pongo! He drove all to way to pick us up and even said that his friends offered their home to us for the night. Thanks so much Becky and Tom for feeding us and giving us a bed to sleep in.
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| Wild blueberries!! |
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| Kendall Katwalk |
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| Fresh pepper? Yes please. |
Hi Dangit and Ferdinand! Been keeping up with your blogs. We are sending you a trail angel package and you should receive it at your 9/18 check in. I am Shawn and Cindy Thornton's aunt Nancy (Thornton). My best friend Lois and I would like to be trail angels to you two. Let me know if you get this message at ncyberfox@aol.com.
ReplyDeleteHey Mariah my aunt is fascinated with the hiking. She has read a lot of books but mostly on the AT. I have also read some of them but when I told her about you hiking she was really excited and wanted to be a trail angel to you. Stay safe and we will keep watching for updates from ya'll. Your pictures are wonderful...Hope to see you in December.
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