I got up about 7am and was happy to see the rain had stopped overnight. I was already packed when Ryan got up and I helped him get packed as well. We sat in the shelter and ate a few snacks for breakfast before getting started at 8:30.
We hiked along in the cloudy and cool morning and, by early afternoon the sun was starting to break out.
We stopped at Wapiti Shelter for a lunch break. Wapiti Shelter is supposedly haunted, but we found it a great place to stop for a break. Ryan went down to the fast moving creek and got into the water to rinse off. It looked cold but he said it was “refreshing.”
We hung out for a little while after lunch enjoying the sun and rest. Then we got started again for our last few miles. On the way we met an exceedingly cheerful hiker called Book Bag from Massachusetts. Her mom had flown down and spent a zero day with her and she was in a great mood. So we continued on a bit buoyed for the afternoon.
We passed a series of dense rhododendrons which gave the sense of hiking in a tunnel. There have been several of these areas over the past week.
We reached our camp site about 4:30pm and took care of camp chores and dinner. We were ready for bed again by 7pm…just a bit later than yesterday!