1980: The Boundary Trail, page 19

POSTSCRIPT

Just your typical Cascade day.

During the night another storm blew through and when we awoke in the morning, it was to heavy fog and lower temperatures.

There were no views from Methow Pass, or anywhere else for that matter. Somewhere along the line, I said 'screw it!' and decided I was not going to spend another two nights in the rain.

Fortuanately, I met a young woman on the trail who was also headed out and back to Seattle. More importantly, she had a car and was willing to take me and Micki with her.

Her story was actually pretty funny. She'd been up with her boyfriend and he couldn't handle the cold or the rain. She snorted derisively as she described how he had his knickers in a knot because he couldn't adequately wash his hair the first night out.

She, on the other hand, had been having a great time and told him if he wanted to leave he could but she wasn't going with him. He stormed off, heading back down the trail to the highway where he was going to hitchhike out.

She was happy to have company for the ride back to town in exchange for a dinner along the way at a roadside restaurant.

Cutthroad Pass, just a few miles shy of the highway.

The boyfriend evidently caught a ride out because we didn't see him down at the trailhead.

I can't remember this young woman's name, but she worked as a waitress at a restaurant in the U-District, one that I actually frequented when I was in school. After my slides came back, I had one that I had taken of her printed out and I took it to her at the restaurant.

– End Adventure.