PCT 2018 Day 109, August 9, Thursday Start campsite near Rock Pass, mile 2635.4 End Manning Park resort, mile 2658.9
Miles walked: 23.5
The trail goes to Rocky Pass, but with more switchbacks than appears here.
Haze obscures some views.
We have not shown a lake in a blog post for a while, so here you go.
Bible, the young guy and not the older gentleman already mentioned in this blog, was returning from the monument. He refers to the older Bible as the Old Testament.
Later I meet Goofy, who is flipping. I meet Brazil Nut. When I gave her my trail name, she remembered where in Montana we met before, what color shirt I was wearing, the fact that I was recording trail names of all southbounders, and that I told her about a water source. What a memory!
She reached the border, with a very fast hike, 66 days, not quite the women’s record, and has now completed a triple crown. She is hiking back to Harts Pass to find a ride, instead of continuing on to Canada this year.
I reach the monument at the border with Canada around noon.
Finally…
Strider and NotYetNamed also show up, also headed for Manning Park.
I meet several trail runners, at Manning Park for a (now cancelled) event, and ask them many questions about running gear.
At Manning Park Lodge I am able to get a hostel room at a good rate.
I meet the runners there, and we even have dinner together.
They will not let me pay. These are good people, excited as I am about finishing the PCT, and make me feel welcome at their table.
A family I met on the trail, who just hiked Washington together, offers to take me to the Greyhound station tomorrow.
I do not see the other hikers like Hollywood today, and need to ask their advice about transportation.
I meet a lively group of people my age out for a section hike northbound, a group that har been together for many years. 
We chat for several minutes. The hike up to Rainy Pass, 2,1k to 4.9k, was covered with trees, blocking views. At Highway 20 the mountains come into view.
Up near Cutthroat Pass, 6.8k, unusually smoke cloud formation from an active forest fire dominates the view. 
I am told this is not from the Cutthroat Fire, but a different fire that does not threaten the trail, and that fires change smoke appearance during toe day in this area. The trail stays on the side of exposed ridge for several miles, past Granite Pass, 6.8k, and the views are inspiring. 
The trail descends to 4.4k. Just before dark I arrive at a campsite near a river, and Hollywood is already camped there.