PCT Day 119

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Bushcamp to Snoqualmie

32.2

Mile 2393.1

I woke up wishing for more sleep, but driven by the promise of town food, I quickly packed up and we hit the trail before 5.

The trail spent most the morning roller coastering through a green tunnel, offering little excitement, but at least the grade was gentle.

I made good time, doing my best to avoid prolonged conversations with south bounders. It’s not that I don’t enjoy chatting with other hikers, but when I’m on a mission to get into town, stopping every 10 minutes to chat can become burdensome.

About 8 miles from town the trail snaked around the bank of Mirror Lake, where loads of weekend backpackers has setup shop.

The remaining miles into town were loaded with day hikers, but other than that pretty uneventful.

Walking down the ski slopes into Snoqualmie Pass I crossed this tank, presumably guarding the town from grimy hiker trash such as myself…

After swinging by the Chevron to grab some snacks, I checked into our room at Summit Inn before hitting the shower to get clean. Once I’d organized myself I walked over to the receptionist to pickup my resupply box and new backpack from Superior Wilderness Designs. I had some trouble tracking down my resupply, but fortunately I located it at the Chevron next door…apparently there’s a new postal women.

Packages secured, I ran into Spikes on my way back to the room. After she cleaned herself up we headed to Aardvark Express, a iconic food truck in the Chevron parking lot, to grab some dinner. Their WiFi was down, so couldn’t take our credit cards. Our meal cost over $30, but I only had a $20…regardless, they made it work. I guess we got a hiker discount!

We took our dinner of curry, fried rice and macaroni over to the local brewery, Dru Bru, where we enjoyed it with a couple beers.

Food eaten and beers drank, we were both exhausted, so headed back to our room to crash.

Cheers!

3 thoughts on “PCT Day 119”

  1. The tank (if you didn’t figure it out, or for others here) is actually used by Washington State DOT to trigger avalanches along I-90 during the winter months! It resides (semi-secretly) atop a hill overlooking the valley when during the winter.

    Closing in on the best sections! 😉

  2. Like the other guy said, they use that tank mainly to control avalanches. However, sometimes it is used to control the deer population. You’d be amazed at what a 105mm HE round does to a deer!

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