Day 111

20 Miles

The consistent 20’s are taking their toll on us so we had a slow morning. Bucket and Sage had left about 6:30, but we didn’t get rolling until 8:30. The first ridge we got to had cell reception so we took a break, despite only getting about 4 miles so far. While we were sitting there, we were passed by a few hikers, but only recognized Huevos. We leapfrogged with him until lunch. An Asian lady also walked by, but did the fart-with-each-step thing right as she passed us. It was hilarious. Later on when we caught up to her, she farted again right as I approached her. Two crop-dustings in a row?! She said “Sorry” a couple times, but I’m not sure if she was sorry for blocking the trail or for farting. It was hilarious again once we got further up the trail and I could tell Marie what had happened. We ate lunch near our last water source before Crater Lake, which is where we planned to nearo tomorrow. The remainder of the day’s hiking was downhill and passed through a lot of old burn area. Our campsite is in one of the few patches in the area that was somewhat spared (and least likely to drop a tree on us). We ran into Hot Spring who was hiking with her mom from Fish Lake to Crater Lake. The burn is starting to regrow in some spots, which is nice to see it start to revive.