Plan D: The Timberline Trail
What’s a girl to do when she MUST go backpacking and Plan A (a JMT section hike) is canceled due to forest closures, and Plans B (Three Sisters Loop) and C (PCTish NOBO from Santiam Pass) are too smoky to attempt without sustaining permanent lung damage? Go with Plan...
Farewell Ashland
We’re leaving finally Ashland tomorrow! After 5 days of rest, Evan’s knee is healed enough to leave town. We’re taking the train down to Redding and catching a bus to Burney to get back on the trail. All said and done, we will have skipped about 350 miles of...
Closing in on California
This last section had so. many. baby. frogs. Here’s a video of me trying to not step on the baby frogs that carpeted the trail. Experience the baby frog joy! I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while now. Day hikers smell so good. Showering once a...
Movin’ along
It’s been a while since we stopped in a town for long enough for me to write a post. I’m still alive! Blistered and sore, but very alive. 680 miles in, I finally bid farewell to my first pair of shoes. I’m pretty sure I hung on to them...
Neverending breakfast
We hopped off of the PCT to do a short side hike to Ramona Falls. Starting just after sunrise, we arrived at the falls early enough to have them to ourselves. Ramona Falls is a very popular tourist destination, so having them to ourselves was a real treat. We’re...