Monday and Tuesday, September 17th and 18th.

Monday, September 17th: Todays miles = 16.2. Total PCT miles = 2,155. Cascade Locks.

Today was beautiful! I hiked the Eagle Creek trail around a few waterfalls including the water fall that you hike behind! This waterfall is pretty damn tall and the trail actually goes through a little cave like pathway behind the waterfall. It was worth seeing. I would actually love to come back out at some point and hike the Eagle Creek trail again. It was one of the most enjoyable sections of trail I have hiked out here. After the Eagle Creek trail I moseyed my way into the town of Cascade Locks. I got a room for the night and ate food and watched shitty TV. It was awesome! I made it to the ice cream joint before they closed and got the biggest soft serve ice cream cone I have ever gotten in my life (I ordered a medium). After seeing the size of the medium I was way to intimidated to order the large the next day. The plan is to hike out in the morning after going to the general store one last time.

Tuesday, September 18th: Zero day.

Baboon and I had are things packed up and ready to leave town when we stopped at the ice cream place for one last cone. It was here where my day got interesting. A professional looking woman came up to us and started up a conversation. She had a man with an official video camera with her. She explained that she was from the Portland News station and was doing a story on the wildfire smoke in the valley. She asked us some questions on film and took a few shots of us hiking away. She then told us that our interview would be on the news tonight if we wanted to watch it. No real convincing necessary. Baboon and I walked straight back to the hotel and got another night. I spent the night watching 'How I met your mother', eating microwave pizza, and eventually catching Baboon and I on the local news!