Today was all about the wildflowers. You could not walk a single mile this day without constant beauties surrounding you, paired with stunning views! Like being back in the sierras or in the alps (I imagine).

We had some serious elevation gain and loss today (5000 up and down) so we didn’t make it as far as we had hoped, but we forgive ourselves for that at this point.

We ended the day at a tight squeeze campsite with a lovely gentleman called “Steely Dan”, named after the metal plate in his knee. Steely Dan has run tons of ultra marathons in his hay day, and in his 70s is now section hiking the PCT despite his knee surgery. Was a legend!