PCT SOBO DAY 7 – FIRST ZERO OF THE PATH


Day 7

Steheken

Zero day

What a wonderful day for a zero! And what a wonderful place to spend a zero. Stehekin is gold; It has a small town atmosphere, a beautiful lake, and is full of people who enjoy the outdoors. What else could you want?

I started the insecure day of whether or not I would stay all day. There were ferries back to the road throughout the day, and the last one left at 5:30 pm my body felt good, so I thought I could return to the road without a zero, but I also wanted to enjoy me.


In the morning, I did some tasks, including laundry and shower, and picked up my resupply package of the Post Office. Most hikers gathered under the Stehekin Lodge cover (a place specifically dedicated to lodging hikers) or on the deck. There had been many hikers last night, but it seemed that most of them were starting late.

For lunch, I ate a delicious hamburger at the Stehekin Lodge restaurant and talked with 5 other hikers while we all ate. It was fun to know their stories. A boy has just left so that a section vent a little steam, while another woman had already walked a good part of the path. Most of them were not determined to finish everything.

After a little more, I thought that the best thing to do would be to go to the bakery. I could have a gift and collect something for dinner instead of eating in the expensive Lodge. There was only one problem. It was almost 4 pm and there was no transport service for the bakery. About 3 miles away, I would be closed when I walked there. My next best option? Hitch.

At 2 minutes of walking along the way, a bakery employee picked me up and left me. Easy! I chose a decaffeinated coffee and a cookie with chocolate sparks as my gift, and got a quiche to go. Sitting outside on the grass, I saw families play and talk together. A couple of beautiful trunk cabins remained in the distance surrounded by trees, the sprayer doing everything possible to keep the green grass. It was an idyllic scene.

To return to the shelter, I protruded my thumb, and again, in 2 minutes, I obtained another hitch, this time in the back of a truck. I had a big smile on my face all the trip down.

Back in the shelter, I began to chat with a different group of hikers. They were very fun to speak because they had already gone through a great adventure. First, they all left around June 15, when there was still a lot of snow on the ground. A woman had to be evacuated by helicopter when she slid down a snowy mountain, but returned to the road after being discharged from the hospital. Another guy had come to walk with his brother and had been walking barefoot until a few days ago. He even walked in the snow without shoes! I saw the photo test.

They were a kind, generous and affectionate group with a lot of stories. We stay out talking until after 9 pm (which is my time to go to bed). I didn’t want the night to end. I would have loved to walk with them, but they were waiting for others to return from a city race.

PCT SOBO DAY 7 – FIRST ZERO OF THE PATH

In a regulated way, we returned to the camp full of people, where people had put two tents on a pad and someone was camping at the picnic table. I didn’t want to imagine the full of people who could wear during the Nobo bubble.

Once inside my store, I put my ear plugs and fell asleep instantly.

And that is a day in the life of a PCT Sobo hiker!

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