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East Glacier Round 2, and Out the Next Day

Spent the majority of the day relaxing, after pulling out all my wet gear to dry, and cleaning up other articles. Freefall and I split a room for the night, it was a little more private, and we were able to set out our gear.

We had dinner at Serrono's Mexican Restaurant. We had been advised to check this place out a number of times. We where not disappointed. The food was very good. It was a bit of a goodby dinner, Gazelle and Marlow where not feeling the CDT and had decided to take their vacation else where. The where catching the train that night. I hadn't really gotten a chance to meet or get to know them very well, but I wish them the best in their future endeavors

It was nice to wake up late, sleeping in a bed and all. We spent most of the day doing laundry, and packing up for the next stretch. The plan was to get out that afternoon, and get 14 miles done.  We ended up getting a really late start after making a pit stop at the PO to ship off our bounce boxes, and send home our ice axes.

I took an opportunity to grab the last piece of porcilin (the toilet) before finding the trail and I found myself looking for the trail by myself.  I thought I was on the right track until I heard the train go by, not far from where I was. Checking the map I found that I had managed to not find the right trail, and was close to the highway, a paved way to our camp at Summit Campground. I decided to just bush-wack to the road, rather then backtrack the 2-3 miles I had just walked. I walked the road for several miles, and stopped at a roadside diner for dinner. After dinner I walked the road for another hour or so before a couple pulled over and asked if I was interested in a ride, I couldn't resist. Road walking isn't much fun, and the sun was setting. A few minutes later I spotted Chance and George finishing up supper under a monument for the Continental Divide. They had set off much earlier then Luna, So-Far, Freefall, and I. After learning how late we started we decided to camp in the car campground, to give the others an easy place to find us. Heading into the campground we ran into Jim Bean, and Rain Queen, they had also started out earlier in the day, and had gotten a campground already. Invited, we crashed thier site. A  couple hours later and the rest of the crew rolled into camp. Turned out I didn't miss much on the trail, and that they had spent a little time trying to figure out where I had gone, leaving me clues as to where the trail was. Unfortunately I missed them all.