Well... I talked to a hiker on the way up, and he informed me that Goat Rocks are as I feared. Things might have changed by the time I talk to people at Trout Lake, but I think I might be going home sooner than I'd like. He also had a lot to say about how snow packed the area north of Snoqualmie is... I can't believe the stuff he went through to go south!
So if I do decide that this is the end, I'm going to give myself a bit of an extension by returning south and stopping at Stevenson, WA. There is a bus there that can help take me home, or so I've read. So in that scenario I have another week or so out here in the woods.
This section had a pretty extreme area of mosquito activity. I don't think I've actually seen so many blood-suckers in one place in my life. There's a lot of meadows, ponds, lakes, patches of snow, and other forms of standing water in that area, though, so I guess it is to be expected. I will plan accordingly when going back through there, lol.
I caught glimpses today of Mount Adams and Mount St Helens. They are beautiful.
I should be in Trout Lake by tomorrow afternoon... If I manage to get a hitch. I have heard it can be difficult.
So if I do decide that this is the end, I'm going to give myself a bit of an extension by returning south and stopping at Stevenson, WA. There is a bus there that can help take me home, or so I've read. So in that scenario I have another week or so out here in the woods.
This section had a pretty extreme area of mosquito activity. I don't think I've actually seen so many blood-suckers in one place in my life. There's a lot of meadows, ponds, lakes, patches of snow, and other forms of standing water in that area, though, so I guess it is to be expected. I will plan accordingly when going back through there, lol.
I caught glimpses today of Mount Adams and Mount St Helens. They are beautiful.
I should be in Trout Lake by tomorrow afternoon... If I manage to get a hitch. I have heard it can be difficult.
Mile 2212, Twin Buttes Road. 4203 feet.
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