Legs and Borders

"I can't thru hike the PCT because I have too many kids" Will. Today was a bit of a rollercoaster, it all started according to plan I hiked seven miles to Timberline Lodge right in time for breakfast buffet. Then I sat down with Quicksilver, Sonic and Watts and we had rightfully praised metric tonne of food consisting of fresh fruit, smoked salmon, ham hock, scrambled eggs, waffles with whipped cream and maple syrup, sausages, bagels, crossaints.. (the list goes on, don't know why I decided to list all of the above, but it was all delicious). We sat there for two hours or the entire length of buffet having many plates of it. It was honestly heaven on earth. The building itself was stunning as well, built in 1936 all wooden and full of history - it is definitely one of the main manmade highlights of the trail for me. Soon after more familiar faces started to arrive, Fomo and Lucky, Ravi and Sunrise which I haven't seen since Lake Tahoe finally caught up! Tik Tok an...

Today had some of the crusiest walking stretches on the entire PCT. It was a mixture of low elevation, shade, soft forest floor and lack of snow that constituted it. Walking long and fast didn't help my photography so pictures today are quite average, it was mostly walking through the green corridor, so not much scenery variance at all. Aim for tomorrow is to reach Timberline Lodge a local ski resort featured in Stanley Kubrick's movie 'Shining' in time for breakfast, I got just under seven miles to hike there but it's all a steep uphill section. I might even stay over for the lunch as apparently food here is considered the best on the entire PCT, it's 25$ per buffet style meal. Around midday I met two section hikers from Portland and they both offered me a place to stay if I decide to come over to Portland which makes it even more likely now! Thank you Gnarly and Sketch. Gnarly hiked the PCT last year and will be volunteering at the 'Trail Days' in Casc...