Oregon’s Lakes

After leaving the trail at Walker Pass (trail mile 650), we rejoined 285 miles NW at Donner Pass near Truckee, CA (500 trail miles north). We spent a couple of days on the snow, found more familiar trees and lots of mosquitoes Here is a short video from the trail https://youtu.be/2lWzL_s7Uvw

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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…

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A collection of things one might take on the trail. We’re still experimenting but here are some of the things we have carried, or have seen friends carry. We are probably burning 4000 – 5000 calories per day so we can basically eat whatever we want. The challenge is keeping up with the amount of…