August 27:Cold and Wet

He alarm sounded at 5:15am as usual, and as usual, we rolled over to ignore it for a few more minutes. We could hear the ran still coming down in a steady stream, and the thought of climbing out of our sleeping bags, let alone our tarp, wasn't too enticing. We all (Boomer, JZ, and us) layed in our tents, drifting in and out of sleep until around 7am when we realized it had let up. Peaking outside, we saw patches of blue sky and sunshine, and we packed up our stuff, hopeful for a day free from drizzle.

No such luck. We were duped.

We hiked for about 2 hours and then the rain kicked in. It wasn't constant, but it pretty much rained all day- anywhere from a mist to a light rain. It didn't really bother me much. We were able to take breaks, and we got 4 second flashes of sunlight here and there. We had more of the ups and downs of the previous day, and by the end of the day, we hd gone over 4 passes that required us to climb 1000 ft or so at a time; some more, some less.

It steadily got rainier and colder, and by late afternoon I had lost my hope of any sun to dry us out. We camped a few miles short of Steven's Pass at Hope Lake, resisting the temptation to take the 1 mile side trail down to Hwy 2, which would take us into Skykomish and a warm bed and shower. We climbed into our semi-damp sleeping bags, prayed that we wouldn't get flooded out during the night, and looked forward to a dry tomorrow.

Total Miles:2468.2
Miles Today:22.4
Camp 122:Hoping for Sunshine

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