As we approach our final days on the trail our gear and bodies are starting to show the wear and tear of nearly five months of walking. In just the past week… The inner baffles in Jeremy’s sleeping pad started breaking and mine has a slow leak which has led to some interesting sleeping positions…
When researching the PCT there wasn’t much said online about the section in Oregon. Once we started getting within a couple hundred miles of the state, most of the talk was that Oregon is “flat & fast” – almost like a brief buffer between the spectacular scenery of Northern California and Washington. There’s even an…
Trail video from our latest section. After a day off in Bend, we got back on trail at Elk Lake. Later in the evening a fire broke out a few miles west of the trail. It was hot, dry, and smoky for a couple days but fortunately the weather turned cooler and we had a…
Since we spend so much of our time walking and thinking about food, it’s quite the treat when the trail provides us with a little snack. There’s usually not a lot of calories to be found from foraging (especially when foraging in a sustainable way), but today (August 22) we feasted on huckleberries. For almost…
Over the past couple days we’ve been walking through Oregon’s Three Sisters Wilderness and I have fallen in love with the area. In my head I affectionately refer to it as “Oregon’s Lake District,” specifically the roughly 50 miles between Odell Lake to Elk lake, miles 1907-1953 on the PCT. Over these miles we have…
Kristi and I have been hiking the Pacific Crest Trail since May 6. We are currently in Southern Oregon near Ashland and should be to Crater Lake early next week. I’m posting updates on our trek to my personal FB and IG pages as well as a trek-specific blog section here If you are interested…
This latest section began in Etna, CA with our neighbors Pat & Carl. Etna is a 50min drive from the California-Oregon border. It took us 6 days on the trail These final miles of California were stunning. We walked through more burn areas but we also walked interesting ridges, beautiful forests, and fields of wildflowers.
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I recently found myself struggling to describe how we spend the majority of our time on trail (walking) so I decided to capture random moments throughout one day to provide a better description of what we’re up to out here in the woods. While every day includes some unique moments and surprises, there’s a fair…