I love talking to people about my thru-hike. I find their amazement that I’ve walked this far to be of great satisfaction to me. While I was at Crater Lake I went from overlook to overlook and talked to different people about the PCT and hiking it. Some people wanted to take my picture. At one overlook I had several different groups of people around me asking questions and listening to my stories. I probably spent an hour doing these stops. I even met a 1984 thru-hiker and I instantly felt the bond of shared experience. The jargon and trail locations were all common as was his wish for my safe journey. Then I was off to the next overlook and more curious people. What a blast I had there and everywhere I go when talking with people from the non-thru-hiking-world.