Day 2 - Devil's Dream to South Puyallup River

The second day of the journey takes us through Indian Henry's Hunting Ground and over Emerald Ridge.  It starts off with a 1.3 mile stroll up Devil's Dream Creek and up to the Patrol Cabin.  This is the high point of the elevation at 5300 feet for the first part of the day. 

From there, the next 1.4 miles is basically straight down.  It drops 1000 feet to Tahoma Creek.  The trail takes a hard right and the slog starts all over again, 1300 foot elevation gain in 2.2 miles.  Given we're going to go down just about as far, we'll have wished that the drilled a tunnel through Emerald Ridge when we're done. 

After reaching the ridgeline, we drop faster than we climb, losing 1400 feet in 1.4 miles.  With weary legs, going down will be just as tiring as going up. 

This evening, we'll be camping at South Puyallup River (Pyew-al-up) campground.