Rain rain miserable rain. There’s no real poetic way of putting it. Today sucked. It was still raining this morning and kept raining until around 5PM. It was a 26 mile day to give us an easy walk into town tomorrow. Michelle, a trail angel, made the day suck a lot less. She served us hot chili, soda, and snacks. It was such a great surprise but the warmth wore off fast.

The rain was supposed to stop at 1PM, but come 1PM, it was still raining and at this point, we were walking in an exposed section getting blasted by the wind. We then started down a steep reroute trail to avoid a fire closure but luckily, this reroute is typical for the PCT even without fire closures because of the wonderful waterfalls along this path.

Towards the evening, the rain let up but at this point, we were soaked through. Luckily, our sleeping gear stayed dry but the tent was still wet. Lets hope we stay dry through the night.

Soggy days…

Quick ten mile day today. The only thing that slowed us down was the massive number of day hikers passing us on a skinny trail with dramatic cliffs on one side. No worries about this though… the views were wonderful. We passed through ‘Tunnel Falls,’ a massive waterfall with a tunnel behind the falls. Such a cool experience.

After a couple miles of road walks, we made it to Cascade Locks, the last town in Oregon. Rather than head into Washington immediately, we get to hang out in Portland to meet Mackenzie’s parents and enjoy some time off. Stoked to catch up with them and vedge out in town.

R&R…

Crazy we’re at 100 days now. No pictures from this stretch. I had my phone away and was enjoying the days off. The 25th, we did nothing relating to the PCT. Mackenzie’s parents took us to a winery to do a tasting. It was a cool experience as I’ve never been to a winery before. Unfortunately, I don’t have the palette to notice the difference between wines, but nonetheless, I enjoyed the grape juice.

Afterwards, we went to the air and space museum to see a memorial to one of Mr. Shinnick’s friend and then headed to a tapas place nearby. It was an awesome day.

Once back in Portland, we watched some TV and headed to bed.

The next day was all PCT. After breakfast, we went to resupply, grab some gear, shipped packages, and picked up some packages we shipped. It took about six hours. After all was said and done, we drove back to Cascade Locks to set up camp. We met back up with Bastian and Jordan at camp. They seem to be doing great and now have a new tent - even more room for them.

We’re camped and ready to get back out on trail to conquer the last state on the PCT.

Happy campers…