PCT Day 121: Mile 2241.7 to 2258.2
August 31st, 2018 It rained last night, so this morning our tent was soaking. We packed it up and hiked about seven miles until the sun came out. Then, we took a nice break to dry out our stuff and…
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PCT Day 119: Mile 2193.0 to 2218.7
August 29th, 2018 Five miles into today’s hike we hit a pit toilet. I was excited to use it, but Renee prefers to do her business in the woods. We have other preferences on trail that differ: I like to…
PCT Day 117: Mile 2150.8 to 2171.6
August 27th, 2018 We woke up very late today and didn’t start hiking until after nine. That was a good thing because it meant that we got twelve hours of sleep, which we needed after the wedding and our flights…
PCT Days 113-115: Zero
August 23rd-25th, 2018 We spent three days off of the trail. First, we camped at Oxbow Regional Park with my mom, Jenny, Travis, Penny, Gabby, Danny, Eunhye, Rachel, and Flunker. We ate a lot, drank a ton of percolated coffee,…
PCT Day 111: Mile 2096.9 to 2121.3
August 21st, 2018 Last night we camped on Mount Hood above Timberline Lodge, so this morning we went in to grab coffee and use the flush toilets before hitting the trail. Coffee was free, so we couldn’t resist. The air…
PCT Day 109: Mile 2055.0 to 2086.6
August 19th, 2019 We were very efficient today. We had a nice breakfast with two rounds of coffee, took two swimming breaks, and hiked a lot of miles. Our lunch swim was at Timothy Lake, which was huge, had brilliant…
PCT Day 107: Mile 2010.6 to 2035.9
August 17th, 2018 We walked through a lot of burned areas today, but the views were outstanding. All day we walked around Mt. Jefferson, a towering peak covered in glaciers. We had lunch at Shale Lake with a mirrored view…
PCT Day 105: Mile 1974.8 to 1995.1
August 15th, 2018 We were excited to get to Big Lake Youth Camp to pick up a resupply box today. We found trail-angel Coppertone on the way and hung out for a bit. Then we traversed trecherous lava fields and…
PCT Day 103: Mile 1925.1 to 1950.2
August 13th, 2018 The trail today was very flat. That meant we could walk faster and take longer breaks. We had lunch on the shore of a lake with Sparkles, and a couple of miles later we swam in another…
PCT Day 101: Mile 1906.6 to 1917.6
August 11th, 2018 We woke up soaking wet because of a lot of condensation last night. Maybe we should have expected that since we slept on a dock… While we dried out our sleeping bags, we had breakfast and lunch…
