August 8:Easy Miles

When we talked with Billygoat in the Trinity Alps in CA, he mentioned that if you ever wanted to go for a personal best as far as high miles, that the place to do it was out of Olallie Lake Resort. We weren't going for that, but boy was he right! The trail was super easygoing all day. We had a couple good climbs in there, but they were so gradual that it didn't really slow you down.

We cruised along, defying the death march and taking breaks every couple of hours or so. Even with all our breaks, we still managed to do 29.5 miles by 4:30 pm! We headed into the Clackamas Lake Campground for a dinner break and some water.

Our crew had decided to camp there, but since it was a Friday night, the place was crowded and we could tell it was going to be party central all night (which isn't fun when you go to bed at 8:30pm). Since the night before had been loud, we decied to hike on a couple of miles to Timothy Lake and get some peace and quiet. Just as we were getting up to leave, a ranger pulled up to get money for the campsite, which made us even more glad we had decided to move on. Who wants to pay to camp when you do it for free every night?

We found a peaceful little spot along the lake, just in time for the sunset. The best thing was that the lake is so big and breezy that there was not even ONE mosquito all night!

Total Miles:2085.8
Miles Today:32.7
Camp 103:Timothy Lake Sunset

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