21 miles
Everyone packed up and we walked over to the coffee shop, but it wasnt open yet. So we went to the cafe instead. It was full of old white dudes sipping coffee and bullshitting. Egg and bacon sandwiches were delicious, coffee too. We quickly finished up knowing we had to catch the 8:00 shuttle back to the trailhead. Dennis was our driver, a local guy, very nice and personable. When we got to the trailhead there were about dozen other hikers hoping to go into town on the return shuttle. Off we went for a casual climb up to some great views of Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Adams, and Mt. Rainier. After lunch we needed to cross Adams Creek, which was a bit sketchy. Yardsale went across upstream on some logs, then Marie started downstream in her socks in the water. The current was fast and glacial silt made it murky. Chickadee started over in her camp shoes and worked her way across, then Marie did too. I went up to where Yardsale crossed and did the same thing. The logs were wet and narrow, and I dunked my shoe in the process of getting onto them. But I made it over and we all regrouped. Cruisey downhills to camp. Ate dinner with Yardsale and Chickadee at Lava Spring.
PCT Hike 