Legs and Borders

Weather was still miserable in the morning so I was walking in fog and rain until about 10am when the sky started to clear and the sun made an appearance. By then my shoes and trousers were fully soaked, it reminded me of certain days walking through the Sierras where getting wet was a part of the deal. In the contrary drinking water was difficult to find for most of the day, there were only two reliable sources for about twenty miles, which is odd because we are walking now through a green corridor and the rainfall in Oregon is considerably higher than in California. The terrain as anticipated got much easier, the time of steep ascents is now postponed until Washington or so I hope. The path is also mostly a soft forrest floor, with very few dead fallen trees obstructing it and hardly any stones - it can be overgrown by weeds sometimes which during rainy days like today can make you very wet. Todays green corridor didn't have many opportunities for landscape photography, so I'...