Day 28- kettle range

Today I hiked through the rolling hills of the kettle range in eastern Washington. As I said yesterday it is extremely hot and nearly impossible to drink enough water. Mid day I knew that the mountain that the disappeared trail was on was up 3000 feet on the top of this small mountain, so I pointed myself up it and met the trail after some intense bushwhacking and successful navigating. But the climb up the hill was fully exposed and I was sweating incredible amounts. It was like something out of a comedy. After I finally made it to the top of that mountain there was a breeze and a bit of shade to cool down. Luckily on this section I have lots of food so I have been eating like a king and to me that means 3 words: chocolate, chocolate, chocolate. Later on in the day I came face to face with three horses in the narrow trail. Many people may know I do not like horses and they make me more nervous than anything I have seen in the wilderness. So I climbed off the narrow trail as far as it was safe then saw the horse jumping and being uncontrollable. The man said to talk to the horse and let it know I'm a person, so I did and it calmed down to pass. But it was just another encounter to enforce my distrust of horses. I crossed highway 22 near the end of the day for the second time near Sherman pass and met two other PNT hikers. We talked briefly but it was getting late so I moved on. The sunrise was amazing as it nearly always is out in the middle of nowhere.