It’s my second time to come off trail and resupply, shower/shave, and do laundry since July 11. I’m here at Dinsemore’s Hiker Haven in Skykomish, Wa. – where it has started to rain in earnest, after slight attempts all night.
I haven’t done any post because there has absolutely been zero phone reception for AT & T from the Canadian border to here. I also have done much less journaling or photo taking than I planned because in the evening I have just been to exhausted.
I have come to be like those guys who obsess over pack weight because your pack is your enemy when full and heavy, but is by far the devil on ur back if it’s void of food and water and still heavy from shelter, clothing, extras. So , we take out everything not being used daily and hopefully for two purposes, and keep the rest.
The Dinesmores are beyond helpful.

