On Saturday I'll be starting my thruhike of the Pacific Crest Trail. I make no apologies for being MIA here this past month or so because A) I do that all the time, and B) it has been CRAZY here. If you've been following the PCT permitting during COVID drama you know that permits weren't …
Wow I am definitely missing some pictures from Day 4 as well...this was the day of Olallie Lake and Resort so I will also be updating this post with an addendum at a later point. This is also why I'm posting it so soon after Day 3...there's not much to see.
Day 2 started the same way that Day 1 ended, totally socked in and surprisingly chilly. This was already a very different hike than our idyllic Washington section where we had nothing but blue skies and sun for 100 miles.
As I always do in the summer, I will be traveling extensively, and for 85% of the time I will not have access to either my laptop or wifi, and I just don't have a good enough data plan to use my phone for blog updates. So the plan is to schedule some posts on …
Let’s take a break from the dehydrated recipes to have a throwback to my mom and my first backpacking trip together. We can call it mental preparation for the Vermont Long Trail. We were so fresh faced and bright eyed when my Aunt dropped us off at Snoqualmie on the first day. We were doing …
You can't see through a buff very well and if you're not careful people will take pictures of you and make fun of you when all you're trying to do is unsuccessfully protect your delicate sensitive skin from the devil's insect friends.
1. Pack heavy foods like uncooked rice and lentils. Definitely pack too much, for example a full bear of honey. This is ideal because honey will also leak and get other items sticky. Bring a month's worth of hot chocolate even though you're planning a seven day backpacking trip. If your backpack isn't taller than …
Keeping in tradition from last year, I'm late on Earth Day. In 2016 I posted a collection of forests, this year I've selected wildflowers, cacti and yucca from across the country. If you can ID any of the flowers that I didn't I would really appreciate it, shoot me a message. Shout out to the …
We stood on the side of the trail in disbelief. I can’t imagine what Ray Jardine would have said if he saw our packs. We had a bag of fresh strawberries, a full pound of grated parmesan cheese in the large cylindrical container, several bananas, trash that we were now apparently packing in, and I …
On the Pacific Crest Trail, views on both sides of the ride, with the best hiking partner I've ever had. Happy Mother's Day Mom! The struggle to get this rain cover took us from the NJ REI to the Seattle REI, and we talked to many employees before we found Alyx. Through some magic he …
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