Day 120-123 – Food! – The walk

Day 120

LP and I have breakfast at Timberline Lodge. The buffet opens at 8:00 am, and we were the first in the row and we had a table right next to the buffet. We ate constantly for more than three hours. It was absolutely incredible.

After breakfast, Lps Friend took us to a store for quick refueling and then made approximately 10 miles out of Timberline Lodge, and camped near Ramona Falls on an alternative path. I thought I could rain, but he didn’t, and it seems that he will only be cloudy and maybe a little humid today. The plan for today is to walk as close to 30 miles as we can and leave 10 miles cascade tomorrow, where we will try to spend 24 hours in refueling and resting before attacking Washington. I have dreamed of getting to Washington for a long time, and I am excited to be so close. I have been walking with LP for almost two weeks, and although I was never looking for a hiking partner, I could not have dreamed one better. The rhythm, miles, conversation and bad jokes are difficult to match, and I am very happy that we have met and walk together.

Day 122-123

Yesterday we got in Cascade Locks in time for breakfast. I collected four boxes from the Post Office, including a food replenishment, another new advice for my post, a bear bag and a pair of new and very necessary shoes. I spent the rest of the day resting in a hotel, buying some groceries, eating and then resting and eating a little more. Finally we leave the cascade locks around 1:30 pm, we cross the bridge of the gods and begin to walk in Washington.

Bridge of the Gods is basically at sea level, so I hope that most of the 6 miles we walk today have risen, and that the climbs are probably continuous during the next few days until we return to the elevation of the PCT. I have enough food to easily reach Trout Lake, where we will get hooked in the city and buy some groceries. After that, my refueling will be in boxes that I sent me ahead along the way. 500 miles for a long way to go, but after walking 2100 miles, it begins to seem close. After ignoring most of the 100 miles of increased miles during the last month or two, they are beginning to mean much more. Oregon took me about 20 days, and knowing what I know about Washington, I hope to finish Washington in about 24 or 25 years. I am spending a fantastic time. I am not sure that I will feel about life beyond the path.

Meanwhile, I keep walking with LP, which has quickly become one of my best friends. We have met only two weeks and we have spent several hours every day talking during that time. The friends of trails develop quickly and we both hope to finish and plan to spend little time together in Seattle after our walk ends.

With the late beginning today, we will probably do only 12 miles more or less today. That will prepare us for two full days, and then half a day in Trout Lake to replenish, and then a partial day from Trout Lake, it is basically a short jump from there to White Pass, where we both have supply boxes, and then another 100 miles as far as we will resume in White Pass and probably or at least lucky. Much why go, but the end is approaching. After months of walking and camping, it is fun to get to a place where you can visualize the rest of the path easily.

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