I walked 52477 steps on the trail today.
I traveled about 24 miles today.
8/13/17 We had thunder during the night and then real rain just after we packed up our things to start hiking.  So, we waited a bit for it to pass.  First rain in such a long time and a welcome drop in temperature. From our great temporary home in Northport, we crossed the mighty Columbia River and then hiked uphill on gravel roads most of the day.  We passed the Northport International Raceway where the races had kept us up late into the previous evening.  After that, we saw no people all day until reaching the Pierre Lake campground. But, we did see plenty of cows.  Throughout the day, we encountered small clusters of cattle on or along the path with well over 100 head in all. We got to herd a few for over two miles - they just kept walking down the road ahead of us.  This was all in the Colville forest, hence the subject line. The rain continued to mist most of the day but never really came down until after we set up our tent and were inside.  We did get to use our rain ponchos for quite a few hours. I was excited to see clouds at least 5 miles away this evening - because they were not hidden by smoke!