Day 113 - Sometimes Things Just Catch Up With You.....

Mile 1922.6 to Mile 1947.7 - 25.1 miles

The heading sums it up. 14 miles in to a 17 mile morning & I was getting slower & lower. A combination of a heavy workload over a 24 hour period, bad sleep, poor nutrition & hot weather meant I was struggling to the lunch break catch up with Tiptoe. Even the French couple, Trigger & Yodler were worried for me. But I made it to lunch and after re-fuelling on bagels & Gatorade was away again. Tiptoe & I camped after an early finish at 5.00 pm which was a refreshing change. We ended up with a 72 year old sevtion hiker named Bilbo for company. He had some great stories. Another section hiker, Joyce, & a young day hiker from Portland made it an interesting group. While most PCT hikers went on to Elk Lake we were entertained by some terrific conversation.
The day itself started with a contrast of an old burn area

to many lakes - Stormy Lake in shot

Otherwise it was a canopy of trees all day. We got further glimpses of 3 Sisters - originally named North, Middle & South Sister. We cross their Western flanks tomorrow.
We've had a lot more horses on trail in recent times including this lady

Almost to Bend now for an overdue break.....Weta