We had a short day planned so there was no rush to get up early. I peeked out of the tent to find we were above the clouds, it looked really neat. We had dry camped so our first stop was the piped spring a mile from camp. We each only grabbed a liter because we had enough to get us to the water cache or fire station 5 miles ahead.
We were seeing trail runners and day hikers and remembered that it was the weekend. Soon we found the cache and decided to get water there instead of trekking over to the station where we would potentially have to treat and filter the water. We took a little snack break and just hung out because we really didn’t have that far to go.
Onwards for some climbing to lunch. I was feeling good for most of the morning but towards lunchtime I was crashing hard. We came upon two nice little tent sites in the trees so we chose one and spread out. After eating I decided I needed to close my eyes and promptly passed out. It was chilly in the shade so I got my quilt out and took a proper nap. While I was napping several people we knew passed by and chatted with Jake. Once we got going again we got to a memorial bench where hiker were hanging out and chatting. We found out several other groups were aiming for the same camp spot.
We moved along quickly and got to camp super early. It was nice to be in camp early but the sun was still super hot and there wasn’t much shade. We set up the tent and tried to relax in the bit of shade we had created but it was still super hot. Soon several hikers started showing up and setting up around us for the night. We chatted with everyone for a bit and then I got in the tent and fell asleep at 7.
PCT Hike 