Mile 2,216.0 - 2,238.5

We made the mistake of camping in a meadow last night. Meadows are beautiful and it's nice to camp on grass, but the dewfall left our tent soaked. So much so that it was dripping onto our sleeping bags. We were lucky that it was a sunny day and were able to dry out during breaks.

A southbounder told us that Coppertone was doing trail magic up the road. Coppertone has been following the PCT northbound giving out root beer floats to all hikers he meets. He parks his RV at random spots along the trail and stays for a week or two before moving on. We have seen Coppertone 4 times so far but only have gotten one float - he was away all the other times. About a half mile from the road Coppertone came running nude up the trail. His name isn't Coppertone for nothing. He recognized us and said he would run back to the RV and make us floats. We didn't want to ruin his run but he wouldn't hear of it. Minutes later we were sitting by his RV enjoying a refreshing root beer float and other treats. Thank you Coppertone. 

We camped just a mile after along a small stream.

Mt. St. Helens off in the distance.

Lunchtime at a creek.

It's nice to be back in the big trees.

I had to fix up this sign. Looked like it was made a while ago and needed a few touch ups. 420 to go! We like the sound of that. It's funny that we are excited for that, since 420 miles is like walking from Boston to Washington DC. Who does that? 

Balance and Coppertone at his self made RV. Thank you for the root beer floats. We really needed that, as we are low on food to make it to White Pass in 3 days.

Waterfront camping. A small stream runs right behind Balance.