Day 21: Reunion with V8

Mon July 15th

Miles: 8

Total:  ~171.4

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We woke up this morning with a goal to meet V8 on the trail. He has covered the 70 mile leg between Snoqualmie Pass and Stevens Pass largely without us, traveling solo, despite some foot issues he was having.

The three of us idled away in our vacation from a vacation while he toiled arduous miles through mosquitos and rocky climbs over large talus fields and granite boulders. Downed trees and washed out bridges further hindered his travels, but he made his anticipated pacing and we met him at Lake Susyjane to hike the final four miles out with him.

He arrived, mosquito head net upon his head, yodeling to us, expecting a yodel back. We failed him there, oopse. On the way out I offered up a yodel, which was rather weak. He even said so.

We climbed up under ski lifts and then down under more ski lifts servicing Stevens Pass. When we arrived at the pass we discovered that his resupply box was still down in Skykomish. Fortunately we had Pseudognomes car, so we made the side trek down to the post office and grabbed the box. The attendant stayed in the office after closing hours to wait for us, so that was nice and saved us tine for tomorrows trip.

We then treated V8 to dinner and a milkshale at tye 59er Diner where we contemplated what makes a milkshake "World Famous"

Back to camp, a quick gear dump and then over to the state park for $0.50 showers to wash away some of our grime. Back at camp we had a campfire and played cards before going to our sleeping bags.

Tomorrow we will drive back to Walupt Lake where we will pick up our missed miles at the goat rocks.