September 2013 on the PCT, Cascades

9-2-13

Got going in the not too early morning knowing I had to do a bigger-than-I-wanted-to-do day. I was getting low on food so I knew I had to push it. After dropping down the hill, I went on the lower of the two PCT routes that followed along a river. On the alternate PCT route I made a wrong turn and wound back up on the non-alternate PCT. Oh well. At least I'm on the PCT. At the end of the day I had done about 28 miles, and it felt like my biggest day yet. There are a lot of up and downs here in the Cascades. It's some of the most amazing terrain though. Very comparable to the beauty of the high Sierras. Lots of mushrooms too.