16 (+2) Miles (Fish Lake Resort)
Yesterday’s big miles allowed us to take it easy today. We knew the resort didn’t serve breakfast until 9, so we had plenty of time in the morning to pack up. Since we now had two unplanned meals we dumped our food bags to see what that left us. We’d have plenty to get to Crater Lake and would likely have extra. Not a bad thing since it seems like our resupply at Mazama Village is going to be more convenience store than grocery store. Not a big deal, we can do 4 days of snacks. We could also find that it’s stocked well and it’ll be normal selections. We will find out when we get there. Bucket and Sage, who also camped in the designated PCT area, were already at the lodge when we got there. The breakfast burritos were good enough to get seconds. Did some more hobo laundry in the bathroom sinks. Hiked back up the side trail to the PCT then started on some actual trail miles. We got about 6 miles in, Scout and Bear told us there was cell reception. We did stop and catch up on some emails and check on this second Oregon fire closure. It extends the existing Lionshead closure another 20 miles, so not a huge amount of miles. Oregon will be over pretty quickly with such a big jump and we’ll miss the 2000 mile marker. If you’re keeping track, that’s right, we will have missed 3 major milestones in a row: halfway, CA/OR border, and 2000-mile marker. I am crossing my fingers for the OR/WA border at Bridge of the Gods. After our break we cruised to the water source where we caught up to Bucket, Sage, Scout, and Bear. Filled up and hiked on. We passed a southbounder named Max Heap who was on his way to his triple crown, which I thought was very impressive, especially for a guy his age. When we got to camp, Bucket and Sage were already there. We decided to skip cooking and just eat quick foods that we typically eat for lunch.
PCT Hike 