"Today was so awesome! Started off on the snow, which was more like ice in the morning. Luckily the sun was out so it thawed out pretty quick. Got off the snow a lot sooner than expected and only had a dozen or so small patches the whole rest of the day. Met a few hikers from Sisters and they gave me some fruit and told me there is a quilt festival going on.
I got caught up to by the guys I camped with just after McKenzie pass then stopped and had lunch with them. Dropped of the trail to stop at Big Lake Youth Camp, which some hikers had told me is an awesome spot. They were so right.
I showed up and was instantly greeted by multiple staff directing me where to sign in and where the "hiker area" was. The "hiker area" was a big room with a kitchen, chairs, a table, and washing machine and dryer, and two bathrooms with showers. That was all available to hikers for free! In addition, they had sack lunches prepared that we could go grab, and they would be serving dinner at 6 o'clock, also for free! Grabbed a sack lunch and ate it. Put my clothes in the washing machine, plugged in my battery, and hopped in the shower.
Got some stuff done on my phone while I waited for my clothes to finish up and for 6 o'clock to roll around. Went down to the dining hall and they had a full on burrito bar! The camp manager was serving the burritos up and he loaded mine hella heavy. Went outside to the picnic tables to eat with all the camp staff who were all super friendly. Went back for a second burrito and this time he made it even fatter! Barely finished it then packed up my stuff and hit the trail.
Cranked out the 5 miles or so from the camp to Santiam Pass while talking on the phone. Tried to get a ride for about ten minutes then got picked up by a lady in a lifted mini van. She had just gone mountain biking and we had a lot to talk about. When we got to town she offered for me to stay in the tiny house she has in her yard! Its totally sweet. Her and her husband built and and built the house that they live in. I'm staying only a couple blocks away from downtown Sisters so should be easy to get in and resupply tomorrow morning. I've got lots of boxes to send out and some schoolwork to do so tomorrow I'm taking a zero but I think I'll be pretty busy. So stoked right now." 7/8/22 9:17 PM
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Breaking camp just north of the Three Sisters
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Leaving Three Sisters in the dust
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Three Fingered Jack to the north
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Some extreme glissading (its steeper than it looks!) after a brief off-trail excursion
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Crossing McKenzie Highway near McKenzie Pass
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Big Lake Youth Center "hiker area"
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My home for the night
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