Chief Mountain Start to the CDT

We couldn’t catch the bus back to the States and the Chief Mountain trailhead until 3 pm and didn’t get to Chief Mountain until 4 pm. We knew we had 11 miles to do and 11 miles starting at 4 pm is ok for the PCT–but we weren’t sure what to expect. We yelled and sang and played the harmonica to keep the bears away but only saw lots of other backpackers. There were some very easy fords that did nothing but got our feet wet, and we got into Elizabeth Lake at 7:30. The campsite had a separate place to cook/eat from tenting, which is common in the park, and a genius idea I think. A particularly rambunctious and brave chipmunk annoyed us and wasn’t frightened by my harmless attempts to scare it. All around, the CDT is quite scenic and astonishingly easy.