Day 100-bye Oregon

I am camped about 10 miles from the end of Oregon. This means I will be sleeping on Washington soil until I am done with the trail. Waking up, I was tired and fatigued from my massive day yesterday, so I slept In a bit even so I made it 31 miles today. The first part of the day around mt hood consisted of climbing a ridge, then dropping down the other side to a river. This was repeated a few times and was somewhat annoying. But eventually I began to see some day hikers mostly on their way to either the muddy fork or Ramona falls. I even had to teach some how to read signs. From here we walked north and left mount hood in the dust. After clearing a couple hills and passing lost lake, we came to a ridge where hood was visible behind and st Helens, rainier, and Adams were visible ahead. It was pretty amazing. Soon after I departed the pct to take the eagle creek alternate route which I had been told by many past hikers was a must take. It was steep at the beginning and really put some pressure on my knees and legs to slowly descend. After two miles it became more gradual and was Just casual walking through a green northwest forest. Tomorrow I will complete the 10 miles of Oregon and take the rest of the day off.