Week 22: White Pass to Snoqualmie
Day 155 ( September 2 ): To hot to hike We slept in again. I finished the blog and packing my "new" pack. A Gray Jay, aka " Canada Jay " formerly called "Whiskey Jack" lands on my hand. Unlike Blue Jays, Gray Jays aren't afraid of people It was so hot ( 85 degrees by 10 AM ) that we decided to wait until late afternoon to go back on trail. My "New" pack loaded and ready So after checking out of the Inn, we hung out at the Kracker Barrel Store. We started hiking at about 3:45. When we were about a half mile from the store, we saw a helicopter lower a sling bag to the ground and land near the store. Turns out there is a fire near Packwood and teams are assembling to fight it. A fire crew prepares to fight the Packwood Fire We arrived on trail at 4 and met a man who had dropped off a section hiking friend. As we were chatting, he showed us an app called CalTopo which is a map app developed by UCLA that works similar to FarOut. Dina trying