Days 118 - 121 - Travel and PCT Days - Uphillhike
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Days 118 – 121 – Travel and PCT Days

Traveling to mile 652.1 (Walker Pass) to hike north to mile 1092.3 (Echo Lake Chalet) – August 17 – 20

The Greyhound Bus has been discontinued in Manning Park, Canada  and will be discontinued in western Canada. This makes interesting travel for people with no cars.

I spent the night at The Last Resort Hostel in MP. Cache22 and about every other hiker I knew hitched out of town as soon as they could. It was a difficult hitch. In the meantime I made friends and called on existing friends with the hope to get a ride the next day. In the end, a Cross Country Ski Club from Vancouver gave me a ride from MP all of the way to the front door of the Vancouver train/bus station. Along the way they took me to Coaquihilla in Hope, Canada where there are trails going through old railway tunnels. There is also a raging stream with salmon waiting their turn to jump up the falls. My first time seeing salmon in the wild.

The tunnels.

The stream below the tunnels.

I spent the night at The Last Resort Hostel in MP. Cache22 and about every other hiker I knew hitched out of town as soon as they could. It was a difficult hitch. In the meantime I made friends and called on existing friends with the hope to get a ride the next day. In the end, a Cross Country Ski Club from Vancouver gave me a ride from MP all of the way to the front door of the Vancouver train/bus station. Along the way they took me to Coaquihilla in Hope, Canada where there are trails going through old railway tunne

I had to catch a Greyhound bus that was an 11 hour ride to Portland, OR. It wouldn’t arrive until 6 am. Fortunately, Gust hopped on the bus a few stops before Seattle where I had a layover. What a coincidence! Last time I saw Gust, he was hiking the 30 miles south from the border to Hart’s Pass. He didn’t have a Canadian Entry Permit. Gust was getting a ride through Portland and on to Cascade Locks from Lady Bruce. I ditched the bus and the rest of my bus ticket and rode with Gust and Lady Bruce to PCT Days at Cascade Locks. We arrived at 4 am and I set up my tent on Thunder Island and got some sleep. For the next day and a half I was at PCT days. 

Here is left to right, me, Cactus, Spicy Thai, Karen Winkel, and Pete Winkel. We had done Stevens Pass to Snoqualmie together in July 2015. Cactus and Spicy 

Here I am with Pete.

I bought new ALtra shoes at PCT days. Here are the old shoes.

Other photos from PCT days.

After PCT days, Cache22 and I took a shuttle back to Portland where we took an overnight train to Sacramento. After local rail and bus and walk, we finally reached Cache22’s house. I resupplied and the next day Cache22 drove me all of the way to Walker Pass via the scenic route.