Day 124

Ugh. Today was a sloppy mess. We knew a weather system was coming our way but it still stinks to be in the middle of it. The wind started kicking up early this morning and it started sprinkling shortly after 7. Luckily we had all our stuff packed up already so it didn't get any wetter than it would during the day. As the hours passed, the rain increased. A couple of times it stopped but it was pretty steady most of the time. We were fortunate that the worst of it came while we were sitting on the front porch of closed Olallie Lake Resort having lunch. After waiting for the rain to die down we headed out. We were only going to go another 10 miles, but we made good time and the thought of a hot breakfast at Timberline the day after tomorrow was motivation to keep moving. So now we are about 40 miles away from there. (I now have less than 600 miles to go in the trip.) We met up with a guy who I hiked with for a few days at the end of Central Cal. He's headed southbound after doing Washington. He really cruised through there averaging about 30 miles a day! That was actually very encouraging to me because everyone says Washington is tough stuff.

So now we (I'm traveling with Bob Rob and Trail Chef) are camped about 4 miles south of Warm Springs River, hunkered down in our tents hoping that this weather clears up soon. To add insult to injury, I spilled my soup in my tent tonight. It's just been one of those days where the wet get wetter.