7 Miles
A mouse came to see if it could get an easy meal from us last night, but ran off with nothing. There is an open air toilet at Glacier Lake where we camped, and if I can skip digging a hole? Sign me up. Of course, while using it, another hiker walked by. It was very awkward, but brief. What’s funny is that at the top of our climb this morning we interrupted his morning business too. He later walked over to chat, which sounds weird to me now, but wasn’t at the time. We learned that he was dealing with a mouse last night too. He also told us that he had met Scout and Bear a week ago. Small world out here. At the bottom of the hill we saw him again eating a snack. The spot he was at was a trail junction that would cut 8 miles off and put us at the highway about 3 hours earlier. Starting up the side trail he pointed out that the PCT doesn’t go that way, so we admitted we were exiting early. Tunnel Creek Trail is short and steep, so it was a tedious descent. It put us to a small trailhead, then a dirt road, and finally on the rounded corner of the highway. Within minutes we got a hitch. He dropped us off at Dan’s Market where Marie grabbed some snacks. McDonalds was next door so we got some of that too while making a hotel reservation. Walked over to check in, did laundry, and settled into the room for the night.
PCT Hike 