Past Carl Lake

Dave called this morning, August 21st. He told me that Thursday night he had camped at the campground with Redman, as the previous blog stated. Also camping was Redman's sister, husband, and in-laws. They fed Dave and Redman and gave them some beers. needless to say Dave got to bed late which meant a late start.

Yesterday, August 20th, Redman and Dave got a ride from Redman's family back to the trail. In getting to the campground they had missed 14 miles of the trail. They got dropped off at their starting point and hiked back into the campground. Yes, that meant another night with food, beer, talking and laughing.

Although Dave had a wonderful time with these folks, he didn't like that he had less sleep than needed. He was dragging this morining when he called. Some days are good days and some days are bad days. Today was a not so good day. He felt tired of being on the trail and is looking forward to coming home He said that no matter how much he hikes he feels like hes not getting any closer to his end. I told him a good night sleep and he'll have a new outlook tomorrow. He agreed.

Tonight, August 21st, Dave's Spot came in at 6:30. He is caming just past Carl Lake, at PCT mile 2025.5. He had quite a bit of climbing today, ending with some leveling off. Dave is at about 6,500 feet now. Tomorrow he'll hike down to 4,500 feet and then back up to almost 7,000 feet.

Check out PCT Half Mile maps, Oregon Section F page 6.

http://www.pctmap.net/download/p/mapdl.html

You can also see him on Google Maps:

http://www.pctmap.net/download/p/mapdl.html

Zero and Fire Marshall have worked hard at catching up to Dave. They are camping at PCT mile 2018 at lake Wasco. They were in Sisters yesterday, but must have made a quick trip of it. They are about 7.5 miles behind Dave. I'm sure it helped that Dave spent time with Redman's family at the camp site. Maybe tomorrow they'll catch up!

Check out their location on the Pacific Crest Trail Half Mile maps Oregon section F page 5. (see link above)

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