PCT mile 2467.5 - 2476 8.5 miles
Elev 4424-4074
At 10pm last night a group of people came into camp yelling "We're Here!"
banging around right by our tents. Peggy asked if they needed help and told them we were sleeping but it didn't seem to matter to them at all. Then another woman stumbled in talking louder about how she fell in a creek and had to leave her pack there. Finally they set up tents and went to bed after talking loudly about all the plans to get the pack in the morning. We just shake our heads at the inconsiderate behavior of some. Excuses were made to us that morning as we set off.
We had a big climb that morning right away and then nice trail about 8 miles to the ski lifts at Steven's Pass.
See the chair lift above the trail?
We passed a lady picking huckleberries as we made our way to the parking lot and off the trail. We saw the same lady minutes later at her car and I went over to talk to her. She'd dropped her husband & son off at the trail to hike north to Stehekin and then spent time to pick berries. I asked if she was going to Skykomish and could we get a ride, so we ended up driving down with her. 
Thank you Kathy, we enjoyed talking with you and appreciate your willingness to take 2 stinky hikers into your car!
We ended up having lunch at The Cascadia Inn and staying there the night.
We waited for our room to be cleaned and journaled, plugged in and recharged my electronics, rested feet and longed to lay down. Later around 2:30 we got into the room where everything from the packs came out & got cleaned. We had dinner at the Inn then set out our dirty clothes for laundry service which was delivered late at night outside our door. Meanwhile, as we slept, 6 trains must have come past our Inn whistles blowing each time!!
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