Don’t stand on pride when offered a ride. 

Wandering down the river. Turns out ricer valleys are easier hiking than mountain passes. Shocking. 

Rest day. Admitting I was wrong in snapping to judgment about folks I don’t know. 

Shocking how I could get that wrong. Blind judgments so seldom prove erroneous…

Shortcuts make for long delays. Walked on air for a while, well, blown down timber anyway. Through a dense tangle of alders no less. 

Also, there was a pond. Fun crossing at mile 14, with the day’s heat fading. 

Side note. Lick Creek. That will make sense in wither this episode or the next. Can’t remember in which episode I forgot.

Which speaks volumes to how my brain… works. 

Switchback Pass. I get high, then find out I need to get higher. 

Then I have to rapidly surrender all that altitude. But it’s ok because turquoise lake. 

A disagreement with dinner, a lot of climbing. Oh, so many cliffs and waterfalls. 

In which the long walk continues, and I reach an outhouse. It’s a big deal in the backcountry. 

Starting what I planned to be a fourteen-day jaunt through the Bob. A brush with tribal law, a lot of walking. 

Short episode, covering a quick ten-mile day. Forgot to mention the rain. 

Packrobatics, because I can’t call it hiking when there’s climbing and contortion than actual walking. 

Also, got yelled at by elk, and scared off a bear by scent alone - more impressive since the bear was upwind.