PCT 2019 ver 2 Day 2 July 11

Daily mileage 22
Hike mileage 45
PCT total mileage 1400
Hiked from 6 am to 5 pm

Granny porn on the trail!

That was a day of the highest highs and lowest lows.  It all started out in a normal fashion.  I was cruising along to the tune of 10 miles by 10 am which is always a sign of a good hiking day. Much like yesterday  the trail was very easy and the temperature was good.

Strange little dam beside where I camped

I decided to drop down to a car campsite (Klum Landing Park) beside a lake because I was a little short of water. Which meant a flush toilet at exactly the right time. Then there was a picnic table overlooking the lake, so an early lunch it is.

As I was enjoying my gourmet meal of ramen noodles, a nice lady felt sorry for me and invited me to have breakfast with her family. Cheesy eggs, back bacon, a croissant and coffee, oh yeah.  Ross and Tamra and five children, if you ever read this, thank you.

A little trail out of the green tunnel

Lunch lake

So then it was off up the trail.  There was a minor climb of about 1,500 feet to tackle straight away.  But because this is Oregon  it was an easy climb. About half way up, I spotted a group of hikers heading my way. From a distance, I was trying to figure out what it was about the lead hiker that seemed odd...oh Jesus, she is naked. Oh Jesus, they are all naked. And they are older than dirt.  I know there were 8 of them because I have the image of 8 sagging boobs and 4 shrivelled dicks seared into my brain.  And as if all that was not weird enough, the last guy stopped and took my picture like he had never seen a fully clothed hiker before.

After that, things got back to normal. I hiked with a true thru hiker (she completed the Sierra) from Quebec City for a few miles. She is doing 40's so she had to slow down for me and I had to speed up for her.

I am camped at an odd little cabin out here in the middle of the rough and tumble. There are three other hikers here so it was nice to have some dinner conversation. Sub Zero (south bound hiker) and Scooter (fellow north bound hiker) are great.  The other guy (apparently perpetually stoned hiker should be his trail name, but it is something else) is ok.

Some views

Home for the night