Day 85: Blanket Creek Fire Race
From mile 1794.5 to Mazama Village / Crater Lake mile 1819.2 Pictured above, left to right: me, Totes, Viking, Cola, Bones. Last night from my campsite on the ridge near Devils Peak I noticed an odd cloud to the north. Just before dark 10 Read More
Day 84: Over, Under & Around
From Fish Lake mile 1770.9 to 1794.5 Sam gave me a ride back to the trail at 7. The first half of the day was pleasant walking even though it climbed about 1500 feet. Had a nice lunch break with Totes, 3 section hikers Read More
Day 83: Oregon Turned On Me
From Klum Landing mile 1747.9 to Fish Lake mile 1770.9 Oregon had been so nice and gentle to me. Nice soft footpath, shaded by tall pines, very gentle and pleasant hiking. Oregon continued to be nice this morning. I got a very late start Read More
Day 82: Howard Prairie Lake
From mile 1725.6 to Klum Landing Camp mile 1747.9 The trail today was gently rolling through pines and meadows mostly at 4500 to 5000 feet. It passed Hyatt Lake and then Howard Prairie Lake, which I am camped near. The trail circles around this Read More
Day 81: Pilot Rock
From Ashland / I5 mile 1716.7 to mile 1725.6 Had a lovely evening in a comfortable bed last night and slept in this morning. After a late breakfast I headed out to the road to hitch back to the trail. I got a ride Read More
Day 80: Fresh & Clean In Ashland
No miles today! Man do I feel good. I am clean, wearing new briefs, new shirt, new socks, new boots and sporting a fresh haircut and beard trim. My gear is now clean and dry. I have all new ziplocks (yes, that is a Read More
Day 79: Ashland
From mile 1702.2 to Interstate 5 mile 1716.7 (Ashland) When we lived in Austin we had one neighbor and they made and hung these huge wind chimes. Windy days were noisy and I hated them. I dreamed about them last night. I started walking Read More
Day 78: Siskiyou Peak
From mile 1676.8 to mile 1702.2 25.4 miles today and my feet feel it. It was a most pleasant day with elevation changes limited to 800 feet up or down at a time. There were many meadows but the open stretches were short, most Read More
Day 77: Nowhere To Go But Up
From Seiad Valley mile 1653.4 to mile 1676.8 Seiad Valley is at 1500 elevation so, unless you head to the ocean, there is no where to go but up from there. I ended the day at about 6200 feet or up about 4700 feet. Read More
Day 76: Rainy, Hot & Ugly
From mile 1629.9 to Seiad Valley mile 1653.4 At 4:30 this morning I felt a few drops. I looked up and realized I could no longer see stars. Wow. I have not had rain in so long it took a minute to sink in. Read More
