I have to say that this was my LEAST favorite day. Although there was about one mile and 400 feet of elevation gain right out of the campsite, I would have welcomed more of the same. Unfortunately the rest of the eight miles was downhill. Not a gentle, easy downhill but constant rocks, roots, scree and obstacles meaning that you could never really take a “normal” step and you spent the time mincing along a steep trail which seemed to go on FOREVER! I never thought I would say that I would enjoy uphill better than downhill but this was one such instance!

Once we got to the Ipsut Creek Campground we once again pulled totally soaked tents out of our packs and quickly put them up. We were hoping that they might dry out but the humidity was high and there was no wind. In this campground there are apparently very strong winds at times, in fact, most of the 12 campsites had been demolished due to falling trees in a past windstorm. In a lot of the campsites the trees fell on the picnic tables so they just put new tables in. The road to this campsite had been closed so that there was no vehicle access anymore.

One bonus was extra large, permanent porta potties with toilet paper. Nearing the end of the trip we soon figured out who miscalculated how much TP to bring. I had donated some the day before to one of the other hikers so I am sure she was glad to see the stash in the porta potties!