We let ourselves sleep in as long as we wanted this morning, and took our time packing up and eating breakfast. We hit the trail around 8, which is pretty late for us. Aside from a little stiffness, our bodies …
Month: August 2017
Day 97: A New Longest Day
We set out this morning with the goal of hiking a new longest day. Our previous record was 32 miles, and we wanted at least 35 but were really aiming for 40. We left camp at first light and headed …
Days 95 & 96: Stuck in Bend
This fire closure has proved to be more of an inconvenience than we anticipated. About 40 miles of trail are closed, but to get around the closure requires a roundabout highway route of over 100 miles. It’s tough to find …
Day 94: Bend
Today marks 3 months on the trail! Just 2 more to go, and about 1,000 miles. Fires have exploded all over Oregon. The fire we saw the day we entered Crater Lake has now prompted a trail closure of around …
Day 93: Mordor
Fires are burning all over the place. The fire we saw near Crater Lake has grown and we are fast approaching a fire closure ahead that has been growing in size. A thick haze was hanging in the air this …
Day 92: 3 Sisters Wilderness
We spent the morning continuing through the land of lakes. We camped at a pond last night, had second breakfast at a lake this morning, first lunch at a stream and second lunch at another lake. We got our feet …
Day 91: Land of Lakes and Ponds
We walked past literally dozens of ponds and lakes today. Every mile or so there was another lake with camping along the shore. We had a nice morning walk despite feeling a little tired today. We had a late afternoon …
Day 90: Shelter Cove
The promise of hot food always gets us going at a good speed. Today we had around 17 miles to walk to Shelter Cove, a resort marina on Odell Lake. We sent ourselves a resupply box there, and also planned …
Day 89: 1500 Miles
This morning was a nice slow morning as we enjoyed the lake and the solitude and a hot breakfast. We hit the trail by 7:30 and headed for our mile 1500 and then a water cache about 12 miles in. …
Day 88: The Highest Day in Oregon
We woke up early this morning, hoping to do a big day and get the long water carries out of the way. We started slightly behind schedule, getting on the trail about ten minutes past six. The morning miles were …
Day 87: Crater Lake
If we thought the mosquitos couldn’t be worse than yesterday, we were wrong. We could hear them buzzing outside the tent before we even opened our eyes. We had a little over six miles to hike to get to Mazama …
Day 86: Bushwhacking Through Mosquito Hell
These mosquitos are really no joke. Deet will deter them, but only for about an hour and in the meantime they just go for your face. From the moment we got up this morning we were running to avoid them. …