We had a couple of ideas of how to sort out our “food crisis” which were formed as we pondered the problem overnight.

One idea was to try and purchase a new canister of fuel from a place not far from the trail. Hyatt Lake was on the path today and there is a nearby resort. We had read that they sometimes delivered pizza to the point where the road intersects the trail. Mid morning Rob rang them to see if they had any fuel – no they did not – and then asked if they might deliver a pizza to the trail – also no as they didn’t have enough staff to deliver.

Today we passed two trail registers. It’s good to see who is hiking ahead of you.

The next plan was to have a camp fire and heat up water in our pot using that. We arrived at our camp spot and found that there was an established fire pit located right beside the road. As we were unsure of the current fire regulations in Oregon, we only made a very small fire and made sure we doused it completely until we could feel that the ashes were cold. The food was good and after walking 25.5 miles we were ready for bed.