After B-grade microwave breakfast burritos and A-plus-grade coffee, fond goodbye to Shelter Cove. Yes it's true that even after getting the stove we've continued to drink Deb's cold instant cappuccino mix in the mornings, so it's tempting to assume that any hot coffee will seem sublime, but no, I'm going on record here: Shelter Cove has very good coffee.
Yesterday we took the scenic route over the raging Trapper Creek to get down to Shelter Cove, but for variety's sake we take the shorter road walk route back. A white car pulls up to us and the white-haired driver asks in a gruff voice: "PCT?" Well, I guess so... turns out it's none other than Lloyd Gust, the very man whom we should have called for a ride out of Sisters! He's giving a ride to a couple other hikers and just wondering if there's anything we need. What a great guy, and he obviously loves helping out hikers. I end up sort of apologizing for not calling him for a ride -- does that even make sense? A funny scene though and I'm sorry I don't have a picture; I just didn't want to put the other hikers on the spot. Probably just being far too privacy-conscious again.
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Anyway, southbound again, and hello to the Diamond Peak Wilderness! Looking forward to some beautiful old-growth forests and hopefully even a side trip up Diamond Peak for some good views. Relaxing lunch at Hidden Lake. There's a bit of concern with the weather though: showers predicted late today, lasting for the foreseeable. In fact, steady rain begins around 1pm, so at the first good break in the rain we make an early camp, on the shoulder of Mount Yoran. Hard rain all night.
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