White Pass to Chinook Pass — Friday, Aug. 25, 2017

We just had the most beautiful backpacking trip -- another part of the PCT (we're sectioning sections)!  We met some nice thru-hikers along our way -- all fellows from Europe -- Sweden, Germany, England and Scotland.  Several of them took the time to chat a bit.  We also met a number of section hikers and enjoyed their company, as well.  There actually weren't that many on the trail . . . mostly today, coming up the trail from Chinook for day hiking. We were thrilled that the bugs weren't so bad, that we stayed in beautiful private campsites (it was four of us and our sweet dog), and the weather was spectacular.  (Although the nights were rather chilly . . . dropped down into the 40s so have warm sleepwear!)  We camped our first night at an unnamed creek, and called "Creek Camp" about 12 miles in (there's a wooden bridge over the creek), and the second night we stayed at Anderson Lake (had a sweet swim there).  It was a quick hike out this morning to Chinook Pass where we had planted a car.  Our friends, Fradio & Fern, and my husband Water Dog and I (Splits) had a great time hiking the trail with our golden retriever, Lily.  (Shall we call her "Point" for always being in the front? or????  Happy backpacking!