Day 18- the pasayten

Today I woke up with my tender ankle feeling like quite the liability the plan was to take enough Advil to get through the day and try to get in about 26 miles to avoid running out of food. The first stretch was around Ross lake and finally about mid day I got to leave that lake behind after seemingly walking a circle around it for the last 24 hours. I began the long grueling climb to the devils pass. I think the devil himself was in because it was very cold and cloud. In fact I was walking in a cloud for most of the day. I could tell the views would be nice without the clouds...on the climb I ran out of water and realized just how miserable being thirsty can be. My tongue would stick to the sides of my mouth it was so parched. I finally got water and met a guy hiking a loop with his two dogs and ironically he ran out of water too. I continued through deception pass and am camped on sky pass. Tomorrow I will be hiking on part of the pacific crest trail and that should be nostalgic as I hiked that section with my dad to finish out the 2650 mile hike in 2011. I will try not to get too emotional. I didn't feel good at all today and my stomach seemed to be upset so I am trying to go to bed a little early and see if that fixes the problem.