August 31:New Hiking Crew

It was a sad morning as we said goodbye to both JZ and Boomer. We had been hiking with JZ since Kearsarge Pass in the Sierras, and we had thought we'd finish the trail with him. Unfortunately he hadn't been feeling well and he had a flight to catch, so he decided to jump ahead with Boomer.

We hit the trail around 10:40am with Flippy and a guy named Cruisin', who is from Berlin, Germany. We had been leapfrogging with him since the Sierras as well. We were also with a guy named Slim, who we hadn't seen since the Heitman's in Old Station, CA (Northern CA).

It was a cloudy day, and it sprinkled on us off and on for most of the day. The sun would come out for a bit, and then we would walk into a cloud, and all views and warmth would be lost.

Since it was Labor Day Weekend, we ran across tons of people out for the weekend. It amazes us that most Washington natives just seem to not mind the rain that much. It's just normal for them.

We ended up hiking until 8pm, mostly because there just weren't any campsites. The trail lately has been very overgrown, and we spend a lot of time on ridges, so it is hard to just stealth camp...especially with several people. We set up camp in a cloud, excited for the morning because the weather report had sunny with a 0% chance of rain for the next day. Labor Day was going to be a good hiking day!

Total Miles:2498.9
Miles Today:22.6
Camp 126:Saddle Gap Cloud-In

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