Timberline Lodge sure is a nice place to hang out, especially when the weather is this sucky. The weather did wait until after I went to bed. The lightning went right over the top of me several times during the night. Really intense! It rained pretty damn hard too. The tent actually stayed mostly dry until the early morning when the rain was just pounding. I got everything packed up as I was waiting for it to get light enough to hike.

Surprisingly, the rain let up right when I emerged from my little blue cage. I actually found a dry spot under a tree to finish packing everything up. The rain held off for most of the hike until about 2.5 miles from Timberline and then storm cells kept moving over with scary lightning and downpours.

White River canyon was incredible. Tons of water and rock was rolling down the canyon. I’m glad I’m not heading back out into the fray. From here I go on to Hood River with my sweetie.