Pacific Crest Trail

Day 163 We set off from the High Bridge near Stehekin with way too much food in our packs and they were stupidly heavy. This made our hiking particularly challenging in the arid heat of the low altitude. Cashmere’s bag … Continued

This penultimate (second to last) section was another hard, but absolutely beautiful section. Day 157 (Continued) After getting dropped back at the trail by our wonderful, cool driver we started….you guessed it, hiking some more! Shortly after starting down the … Continued

This was a very hard but beautiful section with a few days of sunshine! Day 153 (Continued) After trying to sort out our lives in Snoqualmie Pass and eating lots, we started walking in the direction of the trail. However, … Continued

Day 147 (Continued) We left White Pass around 2pm or so. Almost immediately after we were back on trail it started drizzling again.  There were lots of dayhikers on the trail exhibiting various levels of weather preparedness. It was Labour … Continued

Day 144 (Continued) When we had driven up the road back to trail, as soon as we got close, it started to rain. Not a great prospect. For the record, we don’t mind hiking in rain in New Zealand since … Continued

Day 140 continued… After hugging Margo goodbye we donned our packs and set off across the road to cross the Bridge of the Gods. As soon as we reached the other side we spotted Trash Can who was just arriving … Continued

This fairly short section included taking a great alternate route with lots of impressive falls and brought us to Cascade Locks, the very last stop in Oregon and the gateway to Washington. Day 136 (Continued) After our tasks were completed … Continued

Day 132 (Continued) After lovely Bitsy dropped us off at the trailhead we started climbing up the trail through some burnt sections. There were still a large number of fires in the area spreading smoke though luckily not threatening our … Continued

Day 126 After scarfing down our baked potatoes real quick as we were leaving Shelter Cove we walked a mere six miles. We were quite happy to ‘near-o’ (walking near zero miles) properly as our packs were heavy from resupplying. … Continued

Day 122 (Continued) So…once Physio had freaked out enough to get us moving we headed out of Mazama Village to walk some of the miles toward the start of the Crater Rim trail. While we had to start our hiking … Continued