Day 37-June 14
21.4 miles
Bird Spring Pass to Walker Pass
The alarm rang too early this morning following a late night. Yesterday we went 26.4 miles and my body is tired from the miles. But today we have to do 21 miles to Walker pass but then we get picked up by a college friend to visit with them and we are very excited for that! So we push ourselves up the three mile climb right after the water cache. The 21 miles is all without water so our packs are heavy carrying what we need. Yesterday I didn’t do well managing my water intact and arrived at camp with a bunch of extra water which I should have drank so now I am trying to stay in top of it.
Our miles go faster than we thought we were going to do but the afternoon gets hot so we try to take a break every hour to cool down. After an exposed section along a dirt road, we get back into the trees and what a treat the shade is. We make it to the pass 45 minutes earlier than we thought we would. A guy there gives us some cool drinks. He had just dropped off a friend to the trail and had some drinks to give others. It was so nice after a hot exhausting day!
Then our friend Fabien arrived and it was so great to see a familiar face and hang out with a friend! We got to meet his wife, Charity, and son whom we hadn’t gotten to meet before. I know I have said this before but one of the best parts of distance hiking is stopping to see friends along the way! We love connecting with people even if we haven’t talked in years or just knew for a short time! We are staying in town tonight with them after showering and doing laundry!
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