In the morning, I dug a hole for a latrine, an outdoor bathroom. As I struggled to dig a hole in the rocky dirt, a pleasant voice sang a cheery "good morning" from the trail. All I could do was act cool and thank my lucky stars for the rocky hard dirt that slowed my digging. I could have been caught in a worse circumstance which would have earned me a merit badge. The cheery voice was a PCTA trail worker, who was doing maintenance on the trail. She was in a group of three workers.
In addition to the trail workers, we met two fantastic thru-hikers, beershake and monsoon, at Indian Springs. They gifted us their extra instant coffee, because they planned on hiking an additional 15 miles after dinner. Thus, they wouldn't need instant coffee; they would have really coffee in Cascade Locks. They visited us for an hour. We swapped stories, which was comforting and entertaining.
Merit Badges
- saving more day hikers
- waking Leann due to groaning because of back pain
- having crazy wilderness dreams about cats
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