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Day 142 (8 September) - Mile 1913.73 - 1939.84

9/8/2016

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Campsite at mile 1913.73 to Campsite on Mac Lake

Yet another cold night, but not as cold as the past two and I slept really well. I woke with Brad's alarm at 6:00 AM and started getting ready soon after. Today we plan on record miles, so we have to get on the trail at a decent time. We were all ready to hike just before 7:30 AM.
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Ready to hike
Within a mile of hiking we came upon the Eugene to Pacific Crest Trail junction. The sign had a really cool medallion on it:
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Cool trail marker
Most of today's hike had us walking under cover in a pine forest. Just as you would expect in Oregon. 
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Typical trail for the day
We were pretty chilly starting out. Luckily we had a bit of a climb to start out with, so we were able to warm up. After 5 miles or so we stopped for a break and quickly started cooling off. Share Bear managed to find a place with a bit of sun coming through, so she did as she had learned from the marmots:
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Share Bear sunning herself
Here is a cool PCT sign we saw today:
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PCT sign of the day
I think this was the first burn area we have come across in Oregon.
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Burn area
We have been looking forward to getting to the Three Sisters area. We heard it was beautiful.
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Entering Three Sisters Wilderness
We must have passed at least 10 lakes today. All the trees around them make you know you are in Oregon.
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"Typical" Oregon lake
I LOVE the old PCT signs. Here is one we came across that happens to have a great view of a lake.
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Awesome PCT sign of the day
This is what most of today's hike was like. Trees, trees, and more trees.
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Our typical view for the day
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Share Bear hiking the PCT
Check out the awesome color of Stormy Lake:
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Another old PCT sign:
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PCT sign of the day #2
We hiked really strong all day because we had a goal of hiking 26.2 miles today. We were doing awesome keeping on schedule until we came across a bunch of wild blueberry bushes. We must have spent al least 30 minutes filling our bellies with this delicious berries. 
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Incredible wild blueberries
When we got to our planned campsite we had hiked 26.10 miles, 0.1 miles short of a marathon. So, Share Bear and I hiked an extra 0.1 miles to reach our goal. 1939.95 minus 1913.71 equals 26.24 miles!
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Proof we hiked to mile 1939.95
After a small celebration we hiked back to Mac Lake and setup camp. Scott from Bend, Oregon was already there and had a small campfire going. He was fine that we crashed his party and I was so happy to have a fire to sit by while I cooked and ate dinner.  Oh, Free Lunch showed up and stayed the night here as well. 
Tomorrow looks like it will be a bit harder hike than today, but not too bad. So, until then...
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Home for the night
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