Goldmyer hot springs were amazing. We soaked in the pools last night
and it was by far, the coolest hot springs I had ever been in. The
springs flowed out of a cave and there was a 20' long pool inside of
the cave. It was really pretty and hard to leave. They even had a
changing room nearby. We need one of these springs at the end of
everyday.
I slept amazingly after the soak, and woke up late feeling refreshed.
Lauren went in for another soak this morning while I made some tent
stakes out of sticks. I must have left our stakes somewhere, possibly
Rob and Maggie's house. It felt good to make stakes though, simple, but I
cut them to size and put notches in them.
We started hiking about 9 AM. I was anxious to hike fast, its been so
long since we really did a big day. But Lauren's knees were slowing her
down to about two miles an hour. I ended up hiking ahead a-ways. I
really enjoyed the straight-forward climb of the trail up to Dutch
Miller Gap. Not much for switchbacks, and good and steep.
The smoke is terrible here. It burns the lungs a bit and really dims
the views around here. Its still beautiful, but its harder to see the
texture of the huge mountains that surround us. I guess 65 fires were
started by that storm on Saturday, no telling where the smoke is from.
But so far, no closures on the PCT.
We walked together the last 8 miles of our day. Found a great
campsite with a view of the valley below us. Made 21 miles today.
I think I am about ready to be done hiking this Summer.
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