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Hiking Recap

5/24/2013

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May15: after the pony day (which incidentally ended at Wise Shelter- mile 500! C'mon everybody sing it with me: da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da, da-da-dum-da-da-dum-da-da-dum!) everything else seemed a bit, well, boring. The terrain was pretty varied with streams and rocks and grassy balds and meadows. A few big climbs and then a few big descents. We lunched by a stream and it had gotten so warm, I waded in with bare feet and poured water over my head. As the weather got warmer and we got hotter, we decided to stop 4 miles before the next shelter to go to a Methodist hostel and have some town food for dinner. The joke was on us, though, as the restaurant had gone out of business, there were no convenience stores, and no cell phone coverage in Troutdale. Oh we'll, it was clean and we did get a shower.
May 16: our last hiking day before trail days. Our plan was to make it to Partnership Shelter, the famous shelter where you can shower and order pizza! It seemed that this would be a hub of hiker activity answers could get a ride to Damascus from the nearby visitor's center. When we got there, though, no activity whatsoever. The staff at the visitor's center seemed to have no idea about trail days and everyone at the shelter seemed to be going to Marion to get a ride to Damascus. So we ended up hitching into Marion for the night.
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    Heather

    Hi, I'm Heather, AKA "Pink Lady". Welcome to my blog.  I'm so excited to share my adventures as I embark on a thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail.  
    While you're here, be sure to check out  the charity I'm hiking for: Devoted2Children a  great organization which funds a home for orphaned children in Haiti. 

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