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May 18, 2000
10T0684525/5210094
It is about 70 degrees at 1600 feet.
The glaciated mountains start from this point on to have coniferous trees that I can see from here. (They are the foothills to the Cascades - Elk Mtn.) In front of me to the west are the Cascades. They appeared for the first time right out of the firing range. As far as I can see is all settled below the ranges that encompass the area. The wind is bringing in a storm. (I think it might rain.) The day was hot and now with the dark clouds coming in it gives the night a humid feel.
My foot really hurts today. It's kinda swollen. I don't know what the deal is. I hope it's not infected. It doesn't quite seem infected. We wandered around town today and met the coolest people. It was a good afternoon. Then to top it all off, I had this killer cheese bagel - with cream cheese, dijon mustard, avocado, peppered turkey, tomato, sprouts - it was amazing and a stawberry-banana-apple smoothie.
We walked a mile and a half or so into the trail today tod camp and we've found this nice spot next to a little stream bed. It's such an abrupt end to the desert that has been so long - and now there are tons of willows and aspens and grasses and everywhere is settled farmland. So, it's so green all of a sudden.
There are lots of tiny grasshoppers jumping on my tent. I had to look really close to see that they were grasshoppers.
There are also tons of bones scattered across our camping area - from one cow that coyotes probably feasted on.
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