Being probably as tired as I have ever been, I had a good nights sleep. Felt much better in the morning than I had the night before and decided against breaking my arm for an emergency evacuation. As you can see in the pictures below the view from my camp was pretty good.

A half hour of hiking and I still have a good view of Spectacle Lake.

At about 8, I make it to Delate Creek and falls. Stop here for a snack and some water. While I am resting a couple comes in and stops to rest as well. They are going the same direction as I am and are just doing the hike from Snoqualmie to Stevens Pass. Turns out a lot of people just do this hike because the spectacular scenery. The guy tells me that according to his guide book we are mostly finished with the loose rocks. That is very good to hear.

Another 1.5 hours on I get to Lehman Creek. It is fairly large and usually has a bridge but the bridge has been washed out. It is flowing pretty fast but really no danger carefully walking across which is what I do.

About an hour later I come across this sign to validate I am still on the PCT and to let me know the bridge is out. Of course that is good information for people going south which I guess is the direction most stock travels??

Around 11 the noise from the stream is really quite impressive. Snow is melting pretty fast these days with the heat and rain.

Around 3pm I notice the clouds trying to come on over the mountains. There always seems to be thunder in this area. I’m always thinking it is going to rain but so far nothing to speak of has happened.

At 5 o’clock, I’m crawling under trees.

Hike until about 5:30. 11 mile today.