August 23

I am in Skykomish, Washington now. I completed this leg a day earlier than expected- I hope my pace stays high. The next section is supposed to be the most difficult in all Washington and Oregon. In the 1998-1999 winter, Mt. Baker (adjacent to the pct) got 1140 inches of snow- 95 FEET! I've been hearing that the section is passable, so perhaps the warm weather these last few weeks has been melting the snow like crazy.
Today was really cold- I didn't put on my sunglasses till after noon because I was in clouds all day.