Started the day at mile 618.51, just a flat spot to toss down our sleeping bags and cowboy camp.
Woke up and started hiking early because I was supposed to be a hot day.
Made decent time and got to Bird Spring Pass, not to be confused with the earlier Robin Bird Spring.
There is a water cache at the road at Bird Spring Pass, which is very helpful, because otherwise the water is a cow pond four miles down the pass road, not an appealing prospect.
Waited out the heat of the day in the shade of a scrub oak, sharing water with eager bees.
Tackled the climb out of Bird Spring Pass around six, with the help of some thin clouds to lessen the sun's heat.
Night hiked again, this time with Phil and Bridgit and found a good camp site and again cowboy camped.
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2021 Update:
Started the day at mile 618.51, just a flat spot to toss down our sleeping bags and cowboy camp.
Woke up and started hiking early because I was supposed to be a hot day.
Made decent time and got to Bird Spring Pass, not to be confused with the earlier Robin Bird Spring.
There is no spring at Bird Spring pass, at least not an obvious one.
There is a water cache at the road at Bird Spring Pass, which is very helpful, because otherwise the water is a cow pond four miles down the pass road, not an appealing prospect.
There's actually a road that crosses the PCT at Bird Spring Pass, so people can drive there, and that's what they do to maintain the water cache.
Waited out the heat of the day in the shade of a scrub oak, sharing water with eager bees. As in, we amused ourselves by pouring a little water in a bottle cap and watching the bees eagerly drink up.
Tackled the climb out of Bird Spring Pass around six, with the help of some thin clouds to lessen the sun's heat.
Night hiked again, this time with Phil and Bridgit and found a good camp site and again cowboy camped, although this time there was plenty of room to set up the tent. I just didn't feel like using the energy to put it up.
Photos from today: https://www.b-photo.com/Travel/PCT-2016-Day-by-Day/June/June-9/
Mighty Mouse's blog for this section: http://www.timandgerri.com/blog---2016/day-55-mile-61786-63417
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