July 19, 2014
We got up early, packed it up and headed to the Grill for some breakfast. We hiked with Ethan and Haley the entire day, which was really fun. We hiked through the gloriously flat Lyell Canyon! The flat ground was so nice! And the trail was so beautiful, it followed the Tuolumne river through the entire canyon.
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| We got to share the PCT for awhile! |
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| Tuolumne River as we entered Lyell Canyon |
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| Glorious FLAT hiking all through Lyell Canyon! |
Throughout the day, we saw all of the other friends from the day before and leap frogged with most of them. First we saw the Wild Boys who were enjoying some splish splash in the Tuolumne river. We kept our eyes open for a nice place to take a dip and eventually found a great spot to access the river. There was a big rock in the middle of the river that we waded out to and ate lunch. It felt wonderful to wash off all the dirt! By this time, day 4 on the trail, my legs were caked with dirt. All the pores in my legs were tiny dark circles as they were all clogged with dirt! I washed my shirt and socks too!
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| Lunch on the rock |
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| Daveed and his deer friendo |
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| Haley and Ethan |
Just as we were packing up after lunch it started raining, with the thunder sounding really close by! We put on our rain gear and pack covers and hauled ass. We walked out of one storm and directly into another! We hiked in light rain for the next few hours which wasn't a big deal. All the other hikers we'd met bunched up at Lyell Forks Base Camp where we all got water and then headed up the 650 feet of gain to the next camp. We're all staged well for Donahue Pass tomorrow.
We had really pretty views all day of the canyon and as we headed up the end of the canyon we saw Donahue Pass and the surrounding peaks. We're headed up and over them tomorrow!
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| Donahue Pass |
My trail journal notes that today was the first day that my big toes and balls of my feet went numb when I would lay down in the tent. This is something that would continue to get worse and the feeling in my toes wouldn't fully come back until about 2 months after the trail.
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| Camp at Lyell Forks, elevation 9657 ft |
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