12 Miles
Woke up to an awesome view above the clouds. Simple Soul passed us as we were tearing down the tent. Caught up with him at the water source, and eventually Crackers joined him. There was a potential cache about 2 miles ahead so we only grabbed a little water before heading down to the road. Sure enough, the cache was well-stocked. We filled up and took a break for a snack. The next 5 miles were a mix of gradual climbs and some slight downhills. Easy rolling. We found a nice little tent site tucked off the trail that had some shade so we stopped to enjoy it. Ate lunch and watched people hike on by. Marie took a cat nap and I listened to some music on my phone. This is the first time I’ve done so on this hike. It took 471 miles to get me to crave music in the woods. I need some different songs to get stuck in my head all day. We started hiking again and knocked out the remaining few miles. We set up the outer part of our tent over the tyvek like we always do, but skipped the inner for awhile so we could stretch a little in shade. Sam later showed up and stopped for the day. A few other hikers joined us and our site filled up. We all ate dinner at roughly the same time and eventually hiker midnight arrived.
PCT Hike 