Day 53: Snoqualmie Zero

Thursday 11th August

Start & End: Snoqualmie Pass

Miles: 0

I had a terrible nights sleep despite the bed.  I ended up downing a load of painkillers to try and help me sleep.  Maybe the 2-hour nap yesterday afternoon had been a bad idea!  I am so glad that we are not hiking today – my body feels exhausted and obviously needs a rest.

Zero days generally involve trail ‘admin’, which is tedious but necessary.  These are the tasks we completed today, rewarding ourselves with food and rest inbetween:

• Empty resupply boxes and sort food bags
• Buy more food – stuff that we are not bored with
• Find the local hiker box to donate our surplus to
• Study the maps for the next section
• Back flush water filters
• Wash up cook set
• Do laundry
• Update blog
• Eat.

We now have 268 miles to go!  There are some very big climbs ahead in this next section, but at least the weather looks more promising…