The plan is for Rosemary and Stef to hike with us today and tomorrow, doing the 30 miles between White Pass and Chinook. At Chinook we meet up with Linda and go back to a motel for the last time with them. Then the next day Balance and Y-Knot will be on their own.
It was great hiking with Balance's family today. They both have trail names from when we hiked the AT a few years ago. Rosemary's trail name is Sunseeker, and Stef's trail name is Hayman.
Linda walked with us for a short while before heading back to the car. We had a 3 mile gradual climb, but then it flattened out nicely as we meandered around many lakes. We were hoping to camp by a lake but settled for setting up by a creek. Rosemary made us all a pesto pasta with veggies that was far better than our camp meals.
Just on trail at White Pass. Left to right in the photo is: Balance, Rosemary, Stef, and Linda. We are so pleased to have them visit us on trail. This has given us both a huge morale boost. We can't thank them enough.
Our lunch spot by Pipe Lake.
Balance and Y-Knot at Pipe Lake.
The three hikers headed north on the PCT.
Hayman fording the Bumping River.
Our campsite for the night. Sunseeker is cooking us all pesto pasta. One of our better camp meals so far. Sunseeker is the best cook, making amazing healthy but tastey meals. Many thanks go out to her for all the work and effort she put into planning the trip to meet us.
Great to see the family having such a great time together. That Pipe Lake is sure picturesque!
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