Daily Miles: 12 Total Miles: 173 It was a slow start to the day today.  We decided to wake up without alarms since we only had about 12 miles to do before being picked up at 2:30pm by the trail angel, Carrie.  It was beautiful at camp this … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 22 Total Miles: 161 We actually had to set our alarms this morning to make sure we got up early.  Other mornings on this trip, we have just relied on being woken up by the sounds of our friends packing up. When SweetPea got up, she … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 20 Total Miles: 139 It is funny how on days when we go into town, we seem to move a lot faster.  This was especially true with our friends who would be finished with their hike once we got to town.  They had the call of showers, good … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 13 Total Miles: 119 Frank was feeling a lot worse this morning.  He felt like he didn’t have much energy and felt kinda achy.  Luckily we had several miles of downhill at the beginning of the day and then we slowed our pace for the … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 13 Total Miles: 106 There was a surprising amount of condensation this morning.  SweetPea’s hammock didn’t have any tree cover and her sleeping bag was quite damp.  Beardoh was hanging just ten feet away, but had a little tree coverage … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 13 Total Miles: 93 It was a good night of sleep and we got on the trail just before 7am.  We all seemed pretty fresh, even though we’re feeling a cumulative tiredness. We had camped last night just before the start of the burn area … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 15 Total Miles: 80 Last night was our coldest night of the trip.   We were camped on the edge of a meadow, at a low spot, so things got pretty chilly.  Annika and Frank had ice inside and outside their tent as the condensation … [Read more...]