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Dried up alpine meadow bogs in front of the Backcountry Ranger Patrol Cabin at Golden Lakes, Day 3 of 4. I ended up camping in a dark corner in the far back of the North Puyallup River campsite upon what used to be an old tourist road long abandoned to the violence of Nature amok. I sensed hungry bears & cougars about, but wasn’t too worried. Clashed some rocks together to make enough noise to let them know a fool abides here above yon thundering rapids. Day 2 of 4 proved to be the longest of this trip. Map says 15 miles or so, but the Rangers said due to relos & recent changes the true mileage was 17 miles that day. I felt proud of what I accomplished. It’s not the same on a longer thruhike when you start out low-to-moderate mileage to work yourself up to over 30 miles a day. I jumped in quickly and charged up & down over those steep volcanic ridges & in & out of canyons.

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