Day 131: Sunny at Goat Rocks

Off course I woke up in the middle of the night. Despite the sikkel shaped moon and it being clouded, it wasn’t too dark. But still dark enough. I had to pee, but the sound of crushing plastic woke me up. What made that sound?! I went to pee. I tried to sleep. I heard something again. I decided to listen to my audio book. Jack London: Pit-tah, the grey wolf. I was awake from 2 till after 4 o’clock this morning. No wonder I had a late start (9:30h). Well maybe it was just an excuse for my late start. The skies from my tent looked promising to one side, there was some blue!
It turned out to be a beautiful day. I was super excited when I got over the first mini pass and saw this:
And it only got better!
I got to dry my tent during lunch. I had noodles. I enjoyed the views.
So yesterday was a bad day. During the ride two hikers from Washington skipped ahead. They said:”It’s Washington it’s gonna rain every day. You can’t see a thing so no point in going.” This is very demoralising. Thankfully that were wrong. A day like today motivates me a lot. But a little thing can bring me to the other side again. If I want to finish I have to pick up my milage. Well we’ll see what happens.
I stopped just after 6 o’clock. I had Knorr teriyaki noodles. A very nice Knorr side. I tought I would be camping alone again, but Dandy and Poncho showed up at 20:30. It’s a very beautiful spot. Bighorn sheep were grazing up the mountain slope in the distance. Tomorrow I’ll be at White Pass, resupply! Backpack fix, with the drier weather it’s a little better but not ideal.
Miles hiked: 15.1 miles
Some lake (2262.3) – Campspot along the trail (2277.4)
Weather: No rain!!!! I hiked in the sun and in the shade. I hiked above, in and under the clouds. This morning I couldn’t believe it wouldn’t rain. It was wet and cold. I was even wearing my rain trousers! They had to go off within an hour. The jacket was off after 2 hours or so. In the sun it was too warm with my sweater, but in the clouds it was chilly, also the wind was cold.
Hi Iris
Keep going you are almost to Canada. You are an amazing superstar.
Je doet het super! Nog even en dan ben je in Canada! Een beetje overslaan is niet erg. Je bent van zo ver gekomen, you can do it! 😉
xx!