Pacific Northwest Trekkers Bid Farewell to Canada and Re-enter Washington State

In Victoria, seagulls and pigeons serve as the honorary replacements for the songbirds and crows of California. Waking up at 4:30 AM to catch a 6:00 ferry to Port Angeles back in Washington, we were crudely seen off by an orchestra of dissonant squawks and coos. Our next stop was Safeway, where we shopped for the next six meals worth of food. In preparation for Tuesday night's dinner, we brought along a cut of sirloin beef, a truly grave mistake. The packaging burst open on the way up to Heart 'o the Hills, our final destination for the night, soaking Koby's gear in a bloody mess of cow entrails. It didn't help that we were biking up a 5-mile incline to a base camp tucked away in the mountains of Olympic National Park. To date, that steady climb was easily the most difficult challenge our group has faced and overcome over the course of the trip. I rewarded myself with a five hour nap to compensate for my early rising. Apparently, everybody had a blast hiking.
~Written by Trekker Aaron