Day 101-I See the Snow, Where’s the Water Oregon?
Day 101: Rim Trail mile 11- PCT mile 1861.8 I knocked out the last little bit to get back to the PCT. It was mostly flat walking, so easy peasy.…
Day 87-Let’s Get Real For A Moment
Day 87:mile 1613.8-1632.5 I looked out my tent at the lake and what do you know, a couple of otters were out taking a swim. ...at least that’s what they…
Day 84-Up & At It, & Cold AF
Day 84: mile 1586.1-1599.7 (Etna) My day started at 2 am when I woke up and couldn’t turn my brain off. Service has been terrible the past few days, but…
Day 83-Over 1,000 Miles of Just My Thoughts
Day 83: mile 1564.9-1586.1 I think I got about 9 hours of much needed sleep. Funny enough I had a dream that I went home for a quick zero. 😂I wish…
Day 76-A Beautiful Surprise
Day 76: mile 1447.7-1463.9 I started down the trail around 9:45 feeling good about the snow situation. For longer than I expected just patches, and even when I did hit…
Day 69-Sap, It’s Nature’s Gum On the Bottom Of Your Shoe
Day 69: mile 1350.3-1367.2 Unable to simply roll over and eat breakfast like my usual lazy self, I grabbed my food bag from the bear box around 7:15. I knew…
Day 66-Halfway To Canada, But Not Half Done
Day 66: 1315.7-1331.3 Brrr! I woke up cold. The word brisk comes to mind. There was a chill in the air, but the breeze made it seem so much colder.…
Day 65-My First Night Alone Since the Desert
Day 65: 1301.9-1315.7 Another day waking up in the snow. It felt oddly normal. Was I getting used to this? Could it be that I finally didn’t mind it? Oh…
Day 58-Bucks Lake Came A Day Early
Day 58: mile 1242.9-1263.5 (Buck’s Lake) I attempted to dry a few things in the ever moving spots of sunshine before I left camp. Pretty unsuccessful, so I made my…
Day 57-A Road Walk Sounds Nice
Day 57: mile 1229.9-1242.9 Dipity and I started the day together in case of more craziness like we had yesterday. To our surprise we had quite a bit of dirt…