It was a short trip between Cascade Locks and Trout Lake but boy was it fun. Sarcasm. After the bridge of the gods I hung a left and turned onto the PCT.
As soon as I stepped onto trail I see it. Ugh poison oak, and it’s everywhere on trail. Right on the edges too. I start walking through the trail and see blackberry bushes. Wow what a set up, the blackberry bushes are there to lure you through the poison oak. Clever tag team combo they have going on.
I put my head down and put the miles behind me. I took a total of 4 photos and 2 videos in 3 days. This reminded me of NorCal and how badly I wanted it to end. I passed 1 SOBO hiker and that I think is the first SOBO Thru hiker I’ve seen.
I walk into the junction for Trout Lake and see forest road 23. There a gal there waving a hitch and I run over and join her. She was also SOBO and on day 18 of her thru hike. Hell yeah. She did the AT 6 years ago and was now doing the PCT. We get dropped off in town and meet the town folk and angels.
I grab a room at the Inn and burn the night eating a huge pepperoni and pineapple pizza. I NEVER get pineapple on pizza but I remembered Julian and the guy who gave me “the only thing he’d make me” which was pineapple, pepperoni, jalapeños and I remember it being absolutely fire.
The Pacific Crest Trail 