July 13th Destination: Timothy Lake Today’s Miles: 9 Start Location: Barlow Pass Trip Miles: 83 In my mind, I was going to get up and out of the house today at 5am so I could be on the trail by 10am. Around 8am, I knew that that window had closed, so I rolled out…
What is a zero you might ask? A zero is when you have a day between hiking a long distance trail where you don’t hike any miles that count towards that trail. You either go home for a bit or stay a night or two in a trail town. Because I hiked Oregon in sections…
July 5th Destination: Eagle Creek Trailhead Today’s Miles: 13 Start Location: Mile 2145 Trip Miles: 74 I woke up early again and was hiking by 5:15am. I didn’t sleep as well last night as the others, kept hearing things go bump in the night. Yes, I could have put in ear plugs but for some reason I wasn’t using…
You can read the first post in this series here. July 4th Destination: Benson Plateau Today’s Miles: 20 Start Location: Mile 2124.75 Trip Miles: 61 I woke up at 4am today, happy July 4th! Not being in a super hurry, it was 5:45am by the time I got my stuff together and loaded in my…
July 3, 2014 Destination: Sandy River Today’s Miles: 23 Start Location: Mile 2131.85 Trip Miles: 41 I woke up this morning, wondering how my feet would be feeling. Last night they were sore but I wasn’t experiencing any particular pain. I didn’t feel any more sore than I remember feeling while hiking last year which felt like a good…
I have been following a few PCT hikers this year (2023) and as one of them has been posting from Oregon it has me thinking about my own time on the Pacific Crest Trail so I decided to finally get these posts from that time out of my drafts. I hope you enjoy them! July…