I woke up to rain and was feeling pretty fucking devastated. There was a chance that it would burn off through the afternoon but the clouds were high and thick and misty raindrops cascaded to meet the soft mud and […]

In the morning I cried some more and then I went to chat it out. The mosquitoes were ferocious and I paced around Caiti’s tent while I explained how I was feeling and why it wasn’t just my feet that […]

I’m on the trail at 8:15am a full hour before my standard Did not eat enough breakfast though. Right out the gate we had our first water crossing and there were three slap dash gnarled log bridges over the murky […]

The second day’s 10 miles were far more manageable than day one’s 4 miles. Gorgeous views of Adams and brisk cold milky streams of glacial run off punctuated endlessly populated wildflower meadows and wild flowered ridge lines and flowering mountain […]

For obvious reasons our 2020 return to trail got cancelled. But when Caiti asked if I wanted to tackle Washington for August of 2021 it seemed like a no brainer. Day 1 of Trout Lake to Packwood Pug was kind […]

Day 127 : Brown Mountain Brown Cow Miles Hiked: 6.6 Mile Camped: 981 Early in the day I passed Uncle Eddie and Sponge – two of the guys I fished the Kern with before flipping to Oregon.  They’ve come through […]

Day 119 :: Rim Alternate Miles Hiked:  18.5 Mile Camped:  Motel in Klamath Falls After spending the night in The Chemult Flying J catching up on the blog and hatching future plans I walked back out to the highway at […]

Day 114 ::  Whitefish Creek Alternate Miles Hiked: ~4 Camped:  Diamond View Lake Leaving Shelter Cove I came across a carcass.    It looks as if it has been locked in snow until everything melted just a short while ago.  […]

Day 108   Dumbbell Lake Miles Hiked:  6.4  Mike Camped:  705.9 SOBO It was time I got back to it and Doug was kind enough to drive me back out to Elk Lake.  After fond farewells and thanks I was […]

Olympia to Bend to Santiam Pass Day 100. Mile Camped: 654 SOBO After a couple of days of delay we finally left Olympia to meet our steps in Central Oregon where we left trail before Country Fair. Nik generously offered […]

This is a vulnerable one ya’ll. Buckle in. One of the most valuable things about being on trail is the space to suss out where I am lacking, where I am feeling loss or scarcity, what needs those feelings are […]