Day 109 ~ miles 1785 - 1811.25
It's never easy to get up when it's cloudy outside, even in real life. It's particularly difficult when you have to look forward to packing up all of your wet or slightly damp belongings. And the swarms of blood-thirsty mosquitos don't help either. That was the scenario this morning, so we were pretty slow to rise. Our tent kept us dry for the most part, although our things were moist from condensation.
The trail was so nice this morning; it was nearly flat, and we were able to cruise faster than usual. The aroma of a campfire lingered in the air from the nearby fires. By lunch, we had hiked 15 miles, quite an accomplishment for our late start time.
Our lunch was cut short by a sudden increase in fire-related helicopter and plane activity nearby. We could see a lot of smoke in the distance, so we decided to move along.
The afternoon hiking was unfortunately not so gentle. A long, and at times steep, ascent led us to the top of a ridge, from where we spotted 4 fires. Thousands of tiny, thumbnail sized frogs covered miles of the trail this evening, leaping off the trail as they saw us approaching. Hopefully we didn't squish any! We cooked dinner at a stream and hiked on a few more miles. We'll be carrying lots of water tomorrow for a waterless stretch to Mazama Village on Crater Lake.
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