PCT Day 111

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PCT Day 111, 31 August 2022 (Wednesday)

"The Completion Backward Principle"

(You probably have to be around my age to get this reference)

 

Start Location:	Bridge Creek Campground	Destination:	Wenatchee Via Stehekin and Chelan
PCT Miles Day 111:	0	Cum PCT Miles:	2,007.4
Non-PCT Miles Day 111:	6.4	Cum All Miles:	2204.2
PCT Miles Remaining:	645.4
Elevation Gain Day 111:	0	Cum Elevation Gain:	353,811

 

Note: Total miles today was 4.9 (plus 1.5 miles off the trail), but are not official PCT miles; also, total unofficial elevation gain was 718’.

It was a pretty short hike this morning to get from Bridge Creek Campground to High Bridge.  This completed my mini yo-yo hike.  High Bridge is where you catch the shuttle down to Stehekin.  I was a little, but not a lot, surprised that, even though I got there early, there were already about 20 other thru-hikers waiting for the bus.  By the time the main shuttle bus came, there were probably close to 50 people waiting.  Luckily, the main bus is an old school bus that was large enough to get everyone on board.  At $10 a pop, the bus made about $500 for the nine mile drive down the road.  Not bad.

I got off the bus at the Stehekin Pastry Company and got plenty of goodies to eat, including some morning ice cream.  Then I walked about 1.5 miles down the road to get to Stehekin Landing.  I had good timing as I bought a ticket for the express ferry, and only had to wait about an hour for it to depart.  It was important to catch this ferry as it is approximately two hours to get across the long Lake Chelan vs. four hours for the normal ferry, which didn’t depart until later in the day.  If I had to take the normal ferry, I would not have gotten to the town of Chelan early enough to catch the regional bus to Wenatchee, WA.  As it was, my timing was good again, as after getting off the ferry, I only had to wait about 30 minutes to catch the free bus to Wenatchee.

Wenatchee, is a larger town (small city?) and has an Amtrak station.  I am spending the night in Wenatchee and will catch the train to Seattle in the morning.  There is an A&W Root Beer close to my hotel, and it is one where they still make the root beer at the restaurant vs. just using syrup.  So, of course, I had to get a large root beer float.

Howard Lake



Stehekin Landing from ferry boat

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