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Day 27 (28 April) - Mile 277.73 - 289.93

4/28/2016

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Cougar Crest Trailhead to Campsite on Crest

Waking up in a cabin is always nice.  Even when the 7:00 AM alarm wakes me from a deep sleep.  I get out of bed and look out the window.  What the ?!?  SNOW!  It was snowing.  If Brad wasn't on the trail waiting for me to meet him, i probably would have gone back into the bed and took another zero day.  But I couldn't.  At least I could take a nice hot shower before heading out today.

We left the cabin after 8:00 AM, about 20 minutes late, and arrived at the trailhead at 8:30 AM.  I told Brad that I would meet him at his campsite, which is 3 miles away and 1000 feet up, around 9:30 AM.  Hum...there is no way i was going to make it there in 1 hour.  Then a message came in from Brad asking if I was on time, because he didn't want to get out of his tent yet.  Brad was camped up on the trail where it snowed on him all night.  I told him it would be more like 10:00 than 9:30.  He was quite happy that he could stay in the sleeping bag an extra 30 minutes.

So, I said goodbye to Tim.  I won't be seeing him till Sunday afternoon, 3 days away, but he still did't want to come out of the truck for the daily picture, but I got him in it anyway.
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Cold start for today's hike.
To get to the PCT I have to hike 2 miles up Cougar Crest Trail.
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Trailhead sign.
As you can see, it snowed pretty good last night.  Although I can definitely do without the snow, it sure makes for beautiful scenery.
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Snow on Cougar Crest Trail.
Finally, after 1 hour and 1000 feet of climbing, I made it back to the Pacific Crest Trail.  Because of the detour I had to walk, I haven't been on the trail since last Friday, 6 days ago.  I was so happy to be back.
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It's nice to be back!
I was also happy to see the footprints of other hikers.  This is another thing I haven't seen in 6 days.
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Thru-hiker footprints.
Ah...the beauty of the PCT with snowfall.
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PCT wonderland.
Finally, at 10:15 AM, Brad and I were reunited and started our hike for the day.
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Brad and Mighty Mouse back together.
Today's hike took us through wonderful pine forests and a burn area that must have been at least 5 years old by looking at the size of some of the living bushes.
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I love the massive pine trees.
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Burned trees with mountains.
We also came across a beautiful meadow.
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PCT sign with outhouse
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Brad contemplating the meadow
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Lonely burned tree.
Time for a selfie.  Wow...this one seems really close.
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Self-portrait "A bit close"
We made it to our campsite goal by 4:00 PM.  Could we have hiked a few more miles?  Yes.  Did we walk a few more miles?  No way.  We set up camp and just relaxed.  This cool bird stopped by for a while on a rock just yonder.  i zoomed in pretty good to capture it.  Check out the cool long feather off the back of the head.
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Cool bird on rock.
Wow.  Today's blog is kind of short.  Probably because Brad and I did a lot of talking to catch up so I didn't take as many pictures as I usually do.  Also, as I lie here in my tent I am pretty chilly and just want to tuck my head and hands into the sleeping bag.

So, I will leave you as usual with y awesome campsite picture.
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Home for the night.
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