Day 111,    34.5 miles

Warm Springs

My days are long.  At night, in my tent,  I go through my photos.  Was that only today? My photos from the morning seem ages ago.  I don’t recognize myself in these photos.  It looks like my head has been put on someone else’s body.  It seems surreal to look at the miles I am doing.  The amount of calories I am consuming.  I think around 4,000-6,000 a day.  Sometimes this all seems surreal.

I tried to talk to Mudgut this morning.  We were both up early.  He is not a chatty fella. Or maybe he isn’t a morning person.  I didn’t get how he got his name.  Maybe I’ll just make something up.

I was hiking by 6:20.  Seems to be my start time.  The first 3 hours were spectacular. Around Mount Jefferson and through Jefferson Park.  Soooo beautiful.  Over a pass around 9:30am, my first view of Mount Hood.  Here we come!  The rest of the day was fast miles through forest.

Search and Rescue are out.  A 21 year old hiker, Riley, is missing.  I past by his parked car.  My thoughts are with him and his family.

Saw my first owl on the pct.  It swooped across the trail to a tree branch.  Then flew away before I could get a good photo.  I got water from Trooper Spring.  Probably the most questionable water I’ve consumed.

Camped at Warm Creek.  It’s water is cold.  A baby bird sat beside me on the wood bridge while I filtered water.