Day 20

(Dr Bug) The morning began at 5am. The red glow over the mountains to the east anounced the sun. We were camped on a peninsula in a sea of mountains. It was the best camp site on the PCT so far. We were at mile 282, the morning temperature was in the 50ies. The altitude was above 7000 ft. Started hiking at 5:45 and got in 10 miles before 10:30. We had discussions earlier in the week above cold air sinking into the valleys at night. This was true last night. As we hiked into a valley we noticed the temp had dropped a good 10 degrees.

We stopped to pump water around 10:30 from Holcombe Creek. later we hiked through an area which had burned 8 years ago and still was dominated by charred remains. At Holcombe camp we may to hikers, Tony and Ronnie. Tony we trail maintainer who had worked on trails we had hiked in the east. Ronnie was the unusual little fellow with a foriegn accent who was lying on the ground, begging us to take his cheader cheese-literally. He had purchased 2 lbs of cheese an decided to eat it all before it melted in the heat. He was so pathetic, we took his cheese. We cut around the teeth marks and added it to our tortillos at lunch. At the bridge over Deep Creek we wash, and washed some clothes. Then layed on the warm rock. We walked through the Deep Creek Gorge till mile 300. Found another awsome camp site in the open high chapparral.

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