4/13-4/14

Just highlights in this point so I can catch up. 

4/13 

All you can eat pancake breakfast for hikers... I over ate.

Hung out in hot springs trying to just enjoy my day before I left. Left around 2:30.

Ridiculously steep climb out of hot springs matched with sheer and brutal heat made for terrible conditions. Never eat all you can eat pancakes and then hike later that day, most miserable experience of my life. Found a dammed spring and jumped in. The water was excruciatingly cold, but against the hot day it felt pretty good. Full 15 miles out of hot springs. 

4/14 

Pretty regular day on the trail, nothing outrageous or mind blowing except... 

This is day 21 on the trail and I cross mile 300. Still managing to average 100 miles every 7 days. 

I managed to catch a glimpse of an owl as he flew from a branch overhanging on the trail. He perched not far away and stared at me before taking off again. 

It rains a very considerable amount but the day is warm and actually feels incredible. I manage to get a shelter spot so I am not setting up a tent in wet weather. Rain picks up very hard before bed.