Exploring the world…one step at a time
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”
Sunday, 29 July 2018
Tentsite by stream (222.6) – Tentsite (241.4): 18.8 miles / 271.3 total miles walked
I actually took the time to make breakfast before starting the day’s uphill. Oatmeal is something that gives me really good energy, but I have to force myself to eat it. Even though it is delicious.
Saturday, 28 July 2018
Tentsite (203.7) – Tentsite by stream (222.6): 18.9 miles / 252.5 total miles walked
Oh my goodness, I actually found a campsite with water that has no mosquitos, dreams really do come true….although still no sign of Sink. But let’s start at the beginning of the day.