Mazama Village Campground to Bushcamp
36 miles
Sobo mile 867.7
Total mileage 3520.3
I woke up feeling surprisingly awesome. I think the ginormous nutritious dinner I’d had did me some good. Anyways, I packed my gear up and trotted off towards the trail.
The trail started off in a pleasant wooded area, but degraded quickly to a scorched wasteland of tree skeletons.
After spending a couple hours walking through the dead forest, I was glad when life returned as I approached Devils Peak.
The ascent was rough, but the top offered an awesome vista.
I spent the next few miles following an exposed ridge line, before plummeting back down into the woods. My stomach was twisted up from the protein bar I’d ate at the top, so my pace slowed.
Doing my best to ignore my aching tummy, I cranked out another ten miles before arriving at Christi’s Spring, home for the night.
While filling my bottle I thought back to how horrible the mosquitos had been in this section two months earlier. I can’t begin to describe how thankful I am that they aren’t around anymore.
I found a flat spot to pitch my tent and crawled in to munch down some dinner. I was astonished to find that the gas station style Italian sub I’d packed out from Mazama Village was not just good, but absolutely delicious!
Cheers!