August 30:Still Here!

Our group of ten is slowly dissolving. Today we said goodbye to JB (not to be confused with JZ), who had to leave the trail for a week to go to his daughter's wedding. It was also our last day with JZ and Boomer, who were bussing up to Stehekin and picking up the trail there; they had flights to catch. Neighbor, Chickety, Thrust, and Slider all hiked out this morning. That leaves us and Flippy left. The ones that hiked out we'd see in Stehekin. It was only a "see ya later" verses a "goodbye."

It was a lazy day. I read a good portion of John Grisham's The Brethren. We dinked on the internet. We watched some TV. We rested more.

It was also a very cold day, and we were thankful we weren't up at elevation. The snow level was around 4500 ft today. It was even cold at the Dinsmore's!

We had a little excitement during the day whn we got word that a fellow hiker was potentially missing. He had been hiking with a couple others and they had gotten separated. They got to Stehekin and two days later, the hiker, who's trail name is Lucky, hadn't shown up. No one had seen or heard from him in 3-4 days. We spent some time trying to figure out is real name and his wife's phone number (to see if he'd contacted her), and then the Dinsmore's contacted search and rescue. Long story short, he ended up walking into Stehekin the next morning, and he was fine. But for most of the day, we just had no clue. We're not sure yet what happened, but he probably either waited out bad weather or took a wrong turn on a side trail and had to backtrack. Who knows? At least he's alright.

We had been hiking with Boomer for awhile now, and even though he had been a chef in his pre-hiking life, the only thing we'd gotten him to cook for us were hotdogs on the grill. So we talked him into cooking up a meal, and ended up with steak with holondais (sp?) sauce, brei puff pastries, and potatoes with some special cheeses and spices. It was great! A fun memory for our last night together. A very fitting end to another day of rest.

Total Miles:2476.3
Miles Today:0
Camp 125:The Dinsmore's- Skykomish, WA

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