Legs and Borders

"So never mind the darkness we still can find a way. Nothing lasts forever even cold November rain." Guns N' Roses. Nice and easy day, we hiked 20 miles to Road 23, Lucky called a trail angel beforehand and he gave us a ride to Trout Lake a small, hiker friendly town. Once here we sat outside the shop for few hours eating ice cream and drinking beer, we went to a nearby campsite and had a shower, ate a delicious wet burrito in a food truck, resupplied at the general shop and went to a church up the road which had a campsite with toilets and charging points. Everyone were expecting lots of other hikers to roll in but it looks like most people decided to skip Trout Lake as it is only 80 miles from Cascade Locks and push another 40 miles to White Pass. It's a bit of a shame as it is one of the last little hiker friendly towns along the PCT, few last remaining resupply points being Passes with very few facilities and/or social hubs but it is what it is. Tomorrow we are ta...

"I always wait for all my kids to come before I cross the road" Miss Frizzle. After a fairly good night sleep with three other hikers on a comfy carpet in tiny room at Maria's house, we woke up at 7:30am, and came down for breakfast. We ate sausages, refried beans, tacos and avocado. After  breakfast we left our bags in Maria's car and went down to town to resupply. As per usual I got too much food, Tank Top got new pair of shoes through the mail as his old ones started to fall apart after 700 miles of walking (that's his 3rd pair since he started hiking on AT). After about an hour we called Maria and she dropped us back at the trail. We started walking at 11am,  before setting off we met a trail famous Field Trip family, mother called Miss Frizzle and her four sons aged 16, 15, 14 and 12, they already through hiked Appalachian Trail last year and this year like us, they are trying to through hike PCT. It was amazing to see how organized and 'dialled in' t...