Day 100: Deer Lake mile 1791.9 (18 miles)

We didn’t start till 10am this morning.

We mostly hiked through forest and had some nice views of a lake, nothing too crazy.

There were some long water carries which is always annoying because it makes the pack heavy.

We stopped after 18 miles because we both felt super tired and my feet hurt and Iceman’s back hurt.

We took a little side trail at Sky Lakes Trail Junction .5 miles to a beautiful little lake, Deer Lake, in Sky Lakes Wilderness. We’re the only people here. We found a perfectly flat camp spot by the lake and had 1.5 portions of our beloved rice-bean-bone broth dinner because we’ve been hungry. Sadly, we had no unhealthy calorie dense dessert. The only thing you hear are bees and some wood packers and occasionally skeeters.

The scenery has changed alot since entering Oregon: it’s always green! It’s beautiful. We mostly hike through the forest now and get occasional views of blue lakes and volcanos.

We’re now 30.5 miles from Mazama village at Crater Lake, a beautiful extremely blue lake that is inside a former volcano. I’ve been there exactly 20 years ago with my mom and brother and am excited to go back there. If we feel good, we’ll push our first 30+ mile day, for a pizza and a beer, if not, we’ll get there in the morning the next day.

Today we talked all day which was super nice. My feet and neck hurts, my right knee feels stiff and swollen but doesn’t really hurt.