Exploring the world…one step at a time
Friday, 10 August 2018
White Pass (357.7) – Trout Lake (423.7): 0 miles / 389.5 total miles walked
I didn’t sleep at all last night. Partly due to the smoke and fire smell, partly due to noisy neighbors. So I woke up cranky. But the beautiful sky made up for any fatigue….and the nice guy working at the lodge who let me use the pool bathroom.
Continue reading “PCT Day 35: A hop, skip and 4 hitches away from the fire danger”
Thursday, 9 August 2018
Crag Lake Outlet & Tentsite (341.7) – White Pass (357.7): 16 miles / 389.5 total miles walked (+.6 to town)
So I was almost asleep when Sink says ‘Hey, wasn’t that Schllamanda?’, and of course we yell her name and she appears. She had to leave Surefoot behind, but she caught up to us. 😁 She set up her tent next to our site and I soon passed out from fatigue.
Waking up in complete darkness and packing up, this is becoming a theme. 😁 But it’s a town day, so Sink and I are all excited, getting a move on at 5 am.
First break was a few miles and a climb away, and by the time we made it there, the flies were out in force.
Continue reading “PCT Day 34: Making it back to civilization, and more smoke”
Wednesday, 8 August 2017
Tentsite (324.8) – Crag Lake Outlet & Tentsite (341.7): 16.9 miles / 373.4 total miles walked
Some days are just not…..
Not fun, not memorable, not worthy talking about….just not.
I woke up to the smell of fire and smoke with a very dry throat.
Continue reading “PCT Day 33: This is just something you gotta get through”
Tuesday, 7 August 2018
Mike Urich Cabin (305.6) – Tentsite (324.8): 19.2 miles / 354.5 total miles walked
I do not enjoy camping near other people. It’s always too loud. Especially if you really want and need to sleep, they end up chopping wood at 10 pm. At which point I yelled at them. It helped for a while….long enough for me to fall asleep anyway. When my alarm went off at 4:45 I was not a happy camper, but I still packed up and started walking. Cause what else are you going to do, right?
Continue reading “PCT Day 32: Trailversary / Beautiful Burn”
Monday, 6 August 2018
Tentsite (285.5) – Mike Urich Cabin (305.6): 20.1 miles / 335.3 total miles walked
Today was one of the first days where my alarm actually woke me up. Usually I’m awake about 5 minutes before. I really wanted to sleep more, but I packed up and got a move on at 5:25. The first almost 4 miles to the next water went by quickly, even though there were some steep uphill climbs to tackle.
Continue reading “PCT Day 31: Another trail celebrity sighting”
Sunday, 5 August 2018
Mirror Lake (268.3) – Tentsite (285.5): 17.2 miles / 315.2 total miles walked
After all the yelling kids and drunk adults finally calmed down I managed to get a few hours of sleep. I really wanted to ignore my alarm that went off at 5, but I didn’t.
Saturday, 4 August 2018
Snoqualmie Pass (259.5) – Mirror Lake (268.3): 8.8 miles / 298.2 total miles walked
I did sleep reasonably well, and we all kind of woke up around 7. I took a shower, organized unpack and had some of Naked River’s delicious zucchini bread. And then some real breakfast food around an hour later.
Continue reading “PCT Day 29: Escaping the vortex and receiving trail magic”
Thursday, 2 August & Friday, 3 August 2018
Snoqualmie Pass: 0 miles
It was time to leave our wonderful trail angel’s house and head back to the trail. So we packed up and Naked River gave us a ride back to Snoqualmie Pass, stopping at Krispy Kreme on the way.
Continue reading “PCT Days 27/28: Sucked into the vortex / Waiting out the rain”
Tuesday, 31 July and Wednesday, 1 August 2018
Naked River’s house – 0 miles
Sleeping in a bed after being on the ground for a while feels strange to me. I didn’t wake up particularly rested, but hungry. 😂 I guess the hunger has finally hit me and is asking to be appeased at least every two hours.
Monday, 30 June 2018
Tentsite (241.4) – Snoqualmie (259.5): 18.1 miles / 289.4 total miles walked
Considering I was in such pain last night and pretty much squeezed in between the two tents on a slant, I slept well. I saw the sun rise this morning and packed up quickly. I tried hiking in my sleep pants at first, but that only made the chaffing hurt worse.
Continue reading “PCT Day 24: If you ask for an angel….she will show up”