PCT section L Washington
September 2016 Rainy pass @ 4166km USA/Canadian Boarder @ 4264 Km Manning lodge 13.7km from boarder Sept 3 Saturday Excited :) up at 6am Melody and Melanie up shortly after me. A speedy morning and out the door about 7:15am Not long of a wait at boarder, 10 minutes Friendly guard teased me about cheating on the pct by jumping to the end. He also teased Melody about finding a hotel last minute on a long weekend. Stopped in Marble Mount for lunch at 11. Huge portions. Then the driving scenery got rugged and the elevation went up up up. A rock bolder even tumbled on the road in front of us. Another 1:15 hours to rainy pass trail head. A wonderful but a little sad of a goodbye. A great send off :) . Started hiking 12:45 I sure love my family :) xo I was well pleased in the pct, well engineered. The elevation climbed gradually always. Trail easy to follow. And it's true, wide enough for a horse. I didn't expect a thru hike trail to be so spectacu...