28 Miles
Summit Lake
We got out of Mack's Inn a little past eight this morning but with plenty of road walking ahead of us our pace should be a bit quicker. We cruised on the main road and turned into Fish Creek road which was gravel and sandlike which was a pain to walk on. Countless more ATV's flew by as we walked, many of which where driven by kids who looked to be seven or eight with their dads riding on the back. We lucked out when a family who has a summer home up here stopped and gave us water for this stretch because there was an eighteen mile stretch without water and they thought the spring we needed to get water from was dry. When we turned onto the next road which was dug out, bermed, and closed to motorized vehicles we realized we could make it past the park boundary and to the first campsite in Yellowstone and more importantly into Wyoming!! Spins called the park backcountry office and we were able to jump on another CDT hikers permit for the lake which put us in a way more comfortable position to get to Old Faithful Village tomorrow. A good portion of today was flat and old burn areas from a huge devastating fire in '88 so spins and I put on some tunes, put our heads down, and cooked it to the lake by 7:15 where Flyboxer of all people was sitting by the lake eating dinner. We were put on his permit and it was good to see him again, its been since Darby. He didn't take the cut off so we caught up to him and Dan showed up later as well so we should have a nice little group through Yellowstone because I feel like we'll all end up grouped at campsites together. Yay Old Faithful tomorrow and yay Wyoming finally a new state!!!!!! What a great and successful day.
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