Oregon: The Promised Land????

The 31st of July I slept in for a change and wasn’t out of my tent till 6 o’clock in the morning. It was a beautiful chilly sunrise in Seiad Valley. I made sure the laundry was dry and sat on the nearby swing and worked on my blog for a while. The cafe opened at 8 so we went over and ordered breakfast. I was brave and ordered a sausage and biscuit but as I continue to discover no one out here actually knows how to make biscuits and it was hard as a rock and inedible. But the lady was really nice so I pretended to eat it and threw it away when she wasn’t looking. We were sitting out in the parking lot at picnic tables, drinking coffee and enjoying the day. We still had to wait till noon So we could get Uphill’s package when the post office opened. I went back to the rv park and hung out for a bit then I had to go walk the half mile of the road walk I had missed the day before when the lady picked me up so I could keep my continuous footpath intact. I walked the half mile down the road and turned around and walked the half mile back. Around 1145 I went back to the Cafe and got a patty melt for lunch. The post office opened and Uphill went to find out about his package. He was told it was there but it would be another half hour before he could get it. I finished eating and hiked on out of town knowing he would catch up. The first half mile was on the road and I walked past Wild Woods the infamous hiker resort that was at war with the rest of the town. There were tents set up nearby and it looked like several hikers were hanging out on the porch but I didn’t stop in. I made it back to the trail and the huge 4500 foot climb in about 8 miles. It was an excessively hot afternoon and I noticed a couple of hikers sitting under a tree in the shade. They told me it was way too hot to climb the mountain and they were waiting till it cooled off. I hiked on. The trail was largely exposed and I was soon sweating profusely as I made my way up the trail. I passed by piped fern spring which was coming out of a pipe into a concrete small reservoir about the size of a large suitcase . I still had plenty of water from town so I ignored it and pressed on, Uphill caught up with me shortly after and walked into the early evening hours. We finally reached the top and walked on to Kangaroo spring. We were unable to locate the spring but there was a couple of pools of water there and campsites so we made camp and filtered enough water for the night. After we ate, an older hiker called Rev came in and set up camp nearby. I went to bed early excited to finally be hiking out of California into Oregon the following day. Another two hikers walked in after 9 and woke everybody up looking for a camp spot and getting set up but soon quieted down and peace was restored. A 10.1 mile day to 1666