PCT day 64 - mile 1331 to mile 1353 (Terminal Geyser)

Great day considering we were walking out of town. Everyone woke up just before 7am, Michelle and her husband started to make breakfast for us in preparation of which we helped. There was scrambled eggs with bacon, toasted bagels with jam and butter and a big mug of coffee - it was all I was expecting from a decent breakfast.

There was a slight delay and confusion once the breakfast was over, everyone was deciding if they want to head out straight to trail or need to go back to town to resupply first. Myself, Fomo, Rip and Songbird decided to head back to trail since we had no more business in town and Hades, Pussycat, Cuppa and Jedi stayed in town. Michelle gave us ride back and we started hiking around 9:30am.

Slight problem we faced was that after first 13 miles there was a 20 mile stretch of trail in which bear canisters were legally required to stay overnight, none of us had one. So technically we should have hiked to the closure, stayed overnight and then walk over the 20 miles stretch the following day, but it would make today an extremely short day of hiking and frankly a waste of time. We decided to take a gamble and spend the night inside the 'zone' hoping none of the rangers and/or bears will spot us.

We are staying in a fairly nice campsite by the river with Fomo, Rip and Smiley whom I met few days ago on trail as well, Songbird decided to have a long day and push past the closure another ten miles. 

This area has great points of interest, today we hiked past a Terminal Geyser and tomorrow we might see some lava at Cinder Cone which would be amazing! It's all located slightly off trail but more than worth some extra walking.

I definitely bought way too much food as my backpack weights a ton, but not that I've done it for the first time. I got a jar of peanut butter to introduce to my diet with tortillas for breakfast inspired by Fomo and a can (rather than packets) of SPAM for budgetary reasons inspired by Cuppa. I'll see how and if those changes will work out for me, alongside extra tortillas and snacks it's definitely more to carry.

Terminal Geyser:
Our host Michelle:
Fomo, Rip and Smiley:

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