I walked 41300 steps on the trail today.
I traveled about 18 miles today.
8/22/17 Tonight, we are all alone at a great campground over 5000 feet higher than last night. Up in a pine forest and I'm hoping we've left the sage brush and dry grass behind us for good!  It was a very long hot trek up into the mountains, but we found water as needed.  We also encountered the usual cows along the way - again hoping this will be the last of them. The PNT route had us go right through 4 tiny bits of private property far away from civilization, but not far enough.  Two atvs stopped by Josh after we had passed through the last gated area and a guy talked to him.  I was farther up the hill and wasn't about to walk way back down to see what was up.  I waited for Josh to catch up to me after his conversation.  The rancher ( I guess) was upset that a lot of people had been going through his land and leaving garbage.  But we were on public land so he just vented his frustration.  Josh said we would let the PNT association know about his concern. The rest of the day was hiking and eating and drinking water.  We have plenty of food with us on this stretch - it's heavy but nice to feel satisfied. Near the end of the day, two guys in a pickup stopped on a gravel road way up in the mountains.  They had seen us earlier in the morning way down on the valley so asked what we were doing.  It was a nice chat and break from walking.  They were looking for a lake to fly fish in.  I got rid of another sticker! So, we're now Up in the mountains with the Pasayten Wilderness coming up tomorrow.  Getting Up here was work but we should have a few days of high mountain ridges and great views of the wilds.  Maybe even some interesting wildlife.