And welcome to Day 10! Our last day - the time has flown by. Last night was the coldest night so far - we wake up to ice in the water bottles and frozen tent flys. Right on schedule, we are back on the trail at 8:30 and headed uphill towards Panhandle Gap. Today is a spectacular day - clear skies and the mountain is out in all of it's glory - finally! We met a group we had camped with at Golden Lakes - they reported mountain goats visible at the gap, but we couldn't spot any when we got there. We did see a ranger, however - only the 2nd of the whole trip, and the first was on our first day. The views of the mountain today were incredible - almost (but not quite) made up for the days it was clouded in. We stopped for a break at Summerland, which would be a beautiful spot to camp but not for us, not this time. We still had many miles to cover today, but it was all downhill from here. We descended into the trees and the views disappeared. We kept up a fast pace - the car was waiting, and we could almost hear McDonald's calling our names! Then, about a mile from the trailhead, we saw him. After 94 miles of hiking with only marmots and a couple of elk to brag about, a bear was just ahead browsing near the trail. We always comment how anticlimactic finishing a hike is - no welcoming committee, no congratulations, no confetti. We figured this bear was our reward for finishing our most ambitious trip ever. We watched until he moved out of sight and then we continued on. Not much farther, and we crossed the White River and that was it. And guess what? A guy that had camped with us at Indian Bar last night was there - and he made it a great point to shake hands and congratulate us on our accomplishment. So - the bear was our welcoming committee, we got our congratulations - all that was missing was the confetti. But we decided a Quarter Pounder with Cheese would do just as well!