Just Another Day On the CDT

First order of business after breakfast and breaking camp was fording the south fork.  It was thigh deep cold water with a moderate current.  Just another day on the CDT.  There is always a challenge and river crossings have always been hard for me.  It was a successful crossing except we couldn't feel our toes after.  Brrr!  We had two more river fords today but they occurred in the afternoon and it wasn't as cold.  We walked through or skirted the edge of river valleys and meadows.

 The trail was a virtual highway it was so wide.  It's only travelers horses, people, bears, and crickets.  The crickets were everywhere and would jump as we walked by like the parting of the waters.  In one spot there were a bunch of brown locust type insects of enormousness size flopping around.  They couldn't fly or hop they flopped.   We saw some bear tracks and scat but thankfully no bear.  It turned into a great day as for a change the weather didn't threaten rain or storm.  It was nice to relax and not worry about the clouds.  We left the CDT at Two Ocean Pass and it will be 350 miles before we see it again.  We begin our alternate.