September 27

It turned out to be Dancing Feet and Not So Bad on the ridge. Crazy people! We hiked a little way after dark and passed up Pitfall and Diesel in camp. Haven't seen them for a while. Woke up super late, which seems to be the trend lately. Sluggishly made our way to White Pass, 11 miles. The White Pass store was really cool and the woman working there wore a Tool t-shirt and gave us all of the leftover food for the day. We hung out with Chameleon, Pitfall, Dancing Feet, and Not So Bad. An intended hour in town turned into several hours and several trips to buy more drinks and snacks. Surprise. Surprise. Chameleon mentioned that we were only an hour from Yakima and that Snoqualmie Pass was two hours so we decided to call family friends John and Paula last minute. A surreal, surprising change of events and we ended up hitching to Yakima with an awesome couple from Alberta, Canada. John and Paula took us to get burgers and now we're living in luxury in their spare bedroom. We meet tons of people every day, but it's really nice to be with people from "real" life and it was inspiring to see the home and creative retreat they've set up for themselves. A good recharge to the batteries. Thank you, John and Paula!