Enjoyed a peaceful night's rest along the trail right by a bridge over a cascading stream. Our Ursack bags have been keeping the food safe - but there have been no attempts anyway. The trail had another long stretch of high ridge hiking with no water. With very high temps and very low humidity, water has been at the top of my priorities. We took our first unintentional detour offtrail today heading up Mt. Wam. I just happened to check the avenza map on my phone at the start up the mountain and the red line showed we were on the old alternate path. We stopped and dutifully followed the red line straight up a slope, and fortunately ran into the trail about 30 minutes later. Visited a couple high mountain lakes, watched a couple Canadians fish, and hit our northern most of the trail - standing on the border at the 40th parallel clear cut. Highlight of the day was meeting trail angels Stan and Betty from Eureka - out hiking on the Trail with their kin. Nice little chat with a nice family. The views were great, the mountains were tough, and I finally felt like I got enough food in me today. Tonight, we found a flat spot on an earthen fan of a small reservoir about a dozen milI walked 62190 steps on the trail today.
I traveled about 27 miles today.
es from Eureka. Real food again tomorrow!