Day 5 6/16/09 (Cormac)

We start seeing mountains, and things start getting sparse. We start seeing signs like 60 miles to potable water.
We had planned on camping in colonial creek, and then biking 42 miles up Washington (~5500 ft. elevation) pass the next day.
However, we find out at the Newhalem Rangers post, that it is legal to camp at trail heads and that there are plenty of trail heads heading towards Washington Pass.
We end up camping at Canyon Creek Trail head about 11 miles further up the mountain (meaning a shorter hike up the mountain the next day).
The trailhead is gorgeous and we cook dinner by the river, mixing albicore tuna, a can of tomatoes, couscous, and saizon seasoning (a descent meal, even after being spoiled by Brooks camp cooking).
We also decide to store our food in the ladies bathroom at the trailhead, afraid that we might otherwise attract bears.
Both of us sleep like logs.