(Originally written on Wednesday, July 1)
Sloppy. That was the word of the day. I'm so tired of having cold and wet feet, yet it is impossible to not have them because of all the snow, melting snow, and swollen creeks that the trail crosses.
We started out (Miles, Dirk, and I) at about 7:30 this morning from the Muir Hut. I felt like I was north of the Arctic Circle because it was snow and ice everywhere. A heck of a way to wake up on July 1! But the temperature was above freezing so it wasn't bad, especially if you were moving. After making our way through the barren snowfields, we dropped into Evolution Valley, home to Evolution Creek and Evolution Lake. The views were stunning once again. Eventually we had to cross Evolaution Creek, which is supposed to be one of the more difficult fords on the trip, but none of us had a problem, thankfully. Continuing on without drying off, we went way down to under 8000' (haven't been there in over a week) and then finished off the day with a substantial climb. All in all, a very productive 22.2 mile day! After another 17 miles tomorrow, I'll camp at the ferry landing on Edison Lake to catch the first ferry to Vermilion Valley Resort on Friday. It will be so good to clean up.
One big mileage marker to report today. As of Mile 849, I'm halfway to Oregon!
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