We hit the tallest point on the CT (13,271 ft) on Friday and had beatiful views to hike to the rest of the day. We didn't dip below 12000 ft for two days and slept around 12500 one night. I'm not sure if it's because we've been in the woods so long or what but we were eating dinner that night and two guys set up camp near us and it was the most mesmerizing activity we'd seen in quite some time. We watched them, analyzed their gear, and said things like, "I think they're speaking to one another" or "are they eating?" That same night we got to see the fog roll in between the mountains and eventually engulf our whole campsite. We were looking out into a sheet of solid white.
Yesterday we awoke to not a cloud in the sky and was one of the most beautiful days we'd seen on the trail scenery wise. THERE WERE ALSO LLAMAS ON THE TRAIL YESTERDAY!!! I don't think I've ever walked that fast up a hill this entire time. I just wanted to get to see the llamas.
We took our time with the descent for the most part to take in the views and we also played in a creek that looked like a polar bear exhibit in the zoo. The rocks were white and the water was light light light blue and also freezing cold. Cloud 9 and I took a dip and immediately got out while Dirty Mike got in and then slid down a lil waterfall.
Dirty Mike shared with us a pretty neat saying "baller on a budget"
Cloud 9 said one of my favorite things yet, "I can't push myself because I'm chewing gum."
Buckwheat wants to make sure the people know he didn't take any part in this next story cause he's not a savage or whatever. Cloud 9, Dirty Mike, and myself were sitting on a bench in Silverton outside of a store and watched a little boy eat two scoops of ice cream before throwing it away and run into the store with his little sister. We all looked at each other at the same time and talked about how much ice cream was left. So I got up and got it out of the trash (it was right on top sitting on a newspaper). We laughed so hard as we ate the rest of it. The boy came out and we hid the evidence as he walked by. Then Buckwheat came out and we laughed because we knew he would shame us if we told him what happened. The ice cream was amazing and we have achieved homeless status.
I don't know what else to really say besides reiterating the beauty of what we just walked through. I cried a couple times at the shear beauty and majesty. These mountains will always hold a special place in my heart and I'm forever thankful for this opportunity.
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Absolutely incredible
-peacock
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