We decided to hitch to Gibbonsville and do an alternate back to the trail. When we rejoined the CDT we met Catwater already camping and decided to stay the night at the same tent site. Our luck had it that a trail crew was on the way but their truck broke down and they decided to walk into the same campsite. They also needed a tow truck to tow their vehicle and this turned into a loud endeavour that lasted well into the night including repacking their stuff.

This meant a short first night for us and we struggled that next day to push for miles. Further along we met Toroto from Japan and a few hikers that we did not meet before: Twig and Relentless as well as Animal and Towny.

We took a Selfmade alternate to the highway to hitch into Salmon, as Leadore would have been the same distance but is way smaller. That alternate included bushwhacking down a steep hill, but ended at a nice cold spring.

Our plan was at the end of the day to sleep at a public hot spring, but several people from the nearby town decided to show up for a late night session and we continued on and slept a little further down the road.

We will hitch back to the trail at Leadore tomorrow morning and continue to Lima.