On Wednesday we continued hiking northward. We had big dreams of big
miles. But after just 6-7 miles, Lauren's knees were swelled up and
really bothering her. She stopped and wrapped them, but the pain was
still too much. I helped lighten her load, but we were still traveling
less than two miles per hour over easy terrain. We decided we should
take a day off and we hitched into Packwood again, just 28 miles and a
day after we left the first time. Very frustrating for both of us.
We took a day off in Packwood and I really enjoyed the town. We
stayed at the quaint Hotel Packwood which was within walking distance to
the rest of the town. I was able to spend some quality time applying
for jobs and lounging. We met some great people in town and I even had
the owner of the sporting goods store buy me a beer at the bar!
Today we hitched back to Chinook Pass. It wasn't an easy hitch either,
took three seperate rides, but we made it back around one pm today.
Lauren's knees are feeling a bit better, still not 100%. I took a bunch
of her weight again today and that seemed to help. We are so close to
the finish. I have mixed feelings about finishing! I am excited to start
a new chapter of life, not excited to finish this one. We have a few
backup plans if her knees can't make it right now, but that is worst
case. We hiked 13 miles this afternoon and she felt pretty good.
Tomorrow we will hike over 20 and that will be the real test.
The hiking here is just amazing. We are walking right on the crest
with views of mountains and more mountains on both sides. No real signs
of development. We are however camped right under a flight path to
Seattle/Tacoma international airport, seems the flights are coming
through non-stop. Kind of fun to watch though. I like to think about
everyone on those planes and how they all have stories and all have a
reason to go to Seattle this evening.
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