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Date: March 8, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miles: 339.4 – 355.8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I woke up in the narrow, sandy pit I squeezed my tent into last night, and started a scramble through wash until I reached my resupply and breakfast destination of Lake Roosevelt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More jumbly stuff. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hello breakfast!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Lake Roosevelt Marina has a reputation for not being super friendly to hikers, but the gal that retrieved my resupply box was nice enough and they offered a picnic area with a hiker box, charging station and a picnic table. The waitresses in the restaurant were slow as molasses and I finally had to ask to be seated, but to be fair, I looked (and probably smelled) a tad destitute. Breakfast was good, and I left a big tip with the hope that maybe that will help them judge the next dirty hiker less harshly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After eating, I made some phone calls, checked out the visitor center, and talked with a couple other hikers who had come south. They reported that the trail was pretty rocky and overgrown in the passage I was about to hike through, and that they had had enough and were going home. Not having the same option at that moment, I headed out. First up was a road walk along the highway, and then the trail took off up a hill and climbed, climbed, climbed away from the lake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Goodbye Lake Roosevelt. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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