Day 108- into the clearcuts

Last night was the first night in a long time that I was actually cold. This just made me get up and get going quicker. The Mosquitos were somewhat bad until I was up by chinook pass and highway 410. From here I had to climb to sheep lake and then up even higher over yet another pass. Sheep lake had so many backpackers out for the weekend for such a small lake. From here we got to wind around some high hills with little water compared to the rest of washington. Because of how the hill were situated, there were great views of what's in front and what was behind. Eventually I got to government meadow where there is the best of the three shelters that I have seen built on the trail. Here there was a family spending the last of their Sunday. I could just tell they would love to give me food so I went up and started talking to them. I ended up talking and snacking with them for an hour. They gave me a hot dogs, soda, and chips and when I said I was going they gave me marshmallows, Graham crackers, chips, and a candy bar. I only got in 6 more miles because of the time I spent at urich cabin. But I did get six miles into the dreaded logging section of the trail. In that time I had to climb up under and around multiple fallen logs. Tomorrow I may do the big day I had planned for today.