PCT day 131 – 137: Hiking 2,000 miles!

Day 131 – Soggy Stik To Town

We woke up with the wind and rain throwing the store. The only thing that motivated us to move was the promise to reach the 2,000 -mile brand today and reach the city. I tried to make coffee, but my $ 15 stove was officially. Honestly, I am surprised that I have lasted so long on the road! There is no coffee today.

The walk itself was without incident: fog, rain and especially downhill. We walk quickly, partly to escape the weather and partly because we were excited to reach 2,000 miles. When we finally got there, we were very happy, it has been a great trip to this point!

On the way, Chowder and I caught a problem from a university student who goes home during the weekend. I was surprised that it picked us up in our wet clothes, but it didn’t seem to care.

He dropped us in the center of Bend, where we tried to dry before addressing Wild Rose for Thai food. It was delicious, although we were so hungry that it was difficult to really taste it. Later, we met with PDF, stretching, rule and pipes in Blessed Brewing Company to have a drink. Several people approached us to ask ourselves about our walk, which was fun.

Then, we wash our clothes, register at our hotel and spend the night resting our feet and vegetating.

Day 132 – zero in bles

The zero days are the best! We sleep, then we walk Old Town Bles for breakfast. Then, I stopped at one of my favorite gluten bakeries for cakes.

Blissful Spoon has some of the best gluten -free cakes!

The next was Rei, where I replaced my stove and soup collected new trekking posts, since their cork grips were falling apart and the tips had been completely.

With our errands, we visited the famous Last minute box office success of BL, which has become a tourist attraction. We met several other hikers there and we updated.

The refueling was as follows: PDF and I went to the grocery store, which has excellent gluten -free options. We waste a Lyft back to the hotel. Although we had shower and weed clean clothes, the driver still commented that being smelly hikers. Oof.

The rest of the day spent relaxing, doing homework and dating our friends.

Day 133 – Back to the path

It is always difficult to get out of the city after a zero. We packed and wait for our return trip to Santiam Pass. The driver was late, which was frustrating since we wanted to squeeze more miles.

Finally we reach a path around 2 pm and board a constant rise. Along the way, we had incredible views of three fingers and we followed a ridea whipped by the wind before the fog rins. In the camp, it was cold enough to be used to our water filters to prevent them from freezing.

Day 134 – Monte Jefferson

We woke up with clear skies with the sisters and three fingers that Jack shone behind us, absolutely incredible. Our goal was 25 miles, since our packages were heavy of our great replenishment.

The highlight of the day was Mount Jefferson, who is coming ahead of us. The path passed beyond the Limoso Rivers, Chocolate Milk and a Great Upload, where Mount Hood appeared on the horizon. I love the Cascade range!

Mount Jefferson was incredible to walk!

The land became rocky and slow towards the end of the day. In the camp, we are glad to have kept the lowest miles. We camp with PDF, stretching and scales near a pond. Another cold and fast night to enter our store to avoid windows outside.

Day 135 – Ollalie Lake Resort and Beerries everywhere

A cold morning gave way to a long walk through a burning zone. We arrived at Ollalie Lake Resort after five miles and went out with other hikers for a while. I bought coffee at the small resort store, I threw my garbage and soaked in view of Mount Jefferson of the dock.

Back on the path, I chose Huckleberries and added them to my peanut butter tort for lunch. The caps and blueberries on the side of the path have been the highlight lately.

I felt good, I pushed quickly through the flat forest and played with my new clock, tracking my hiking rhythm. Chowder and I went beyond what was planned after finding our planned place full, but he was lucky with another pleasant place a mile and a half later.

Day 136 – Monte Hood and Timberline Lodge

We were sore for yesterday’s great thrust, but we pointed to Timberline Lodge, 27.5 miles away, before they closed for dinner.

The morning was freezing. I walked in my jacket swollen by miles. We took breaks in a horsepower and a spring, but they all felt exhausted. An explosion of trail magic, a Blackberry Pepperry for me, mini cakes for soup and stretching, took our spirit and gave us some energy for a final climb ahead.

Then came the steep and sandy climb to Mount Hood. Exhausting, but the views were spectacular. In the camp behind Timberline Lodge, we could see Mount Jefferson, the sisters, and the smoke of a new fire near the city of sisters. It was an alerting reminder of forest fire risks in the UNW.

We had dinner at the shelter, impressed with food and excited to return in the morning for your famous buffet breakfast. The shelter also has an impressive architecture, and it was where the movie was filmed, The Shining ,!

We return to our store, observe part of the Knick and fell asleep quickly.

Day 137 – Hikers vs. The buffet

The dream was hard, thanks to the explosion ads of a relay race outside the shelter at 2 am and a car alarm at 7. At least it motivated us to pack early.

The buffet was worth it: excellent food, coffee and gluten -free options. The place was full of PCT hikers, and I definitely felt that we obtained the value of our money.

We left the shelter and started walking around Mount Hood, one of the most picturesque stretching so far. We even saw Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams in the distance.

We also reached 2,100 miles!

We fix them around 21 miles despite the late start, camping by a spring in wind conditions. I did not sleep well, but the emotion took us: we would be finishing Oregon the next day at the bridge of the gods!