Trail Video – Quincy to Castle Crags

Here is a video just from clips taken along the trail over this 5-day stretch

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…

How I prepared to “hike my own hike” on the PCT this year.

beavertail prickly pear by Jeremysea on Sketchfab For the past week Kristi and I have seen over a hundred of these beautiful cacti in full bloom. The Beavertail prickly pear cactus, scientifically known as Opuntia basilaris, is a species of cactus native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is a member of…