In summer 2022 we canoed the entire Columbia River, from the puddle of bubbling springs where it starts, to the Pacific Ocean, just past Astoria, OR. It took us 33 days to paddle the 1,200 miles, through British Columbia, Washington,…
We completed the Pacific Northwest Circuit quite a while ago, and we finally put together a complete map of the route using the GPS data we collected as we hiked Hopefully this will be useful for anybody thinking about hiking…
We’ve been working with Flow Immersive to create an interactive visualization of our entire 2,700 mile walk/canoe of the Pacific Northwest Circuit! Explore the data above. Thanks Michael DiBenigno and Martin Bonny for putting this Flow together! For even more…
We completed the Pacific Northwest Circuit, which was a 3.5-month walk/canoe from the Pacific Ocean on the western-most point of the contiguous US, to the Rocky Mountains at the source of the Columbia River, and then back out to the…
We made it! This has been an amazing adventure unlike any we have done before. These two days took us through Grand Ronde, Kathlamet, Chinook, Siletz, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Konnaack, Skilloot, and Clatsop-Nehalem ancestral lands. Day 105 – CR Mile 1,198.2…
During this stretch of the trip we encountered a slew of new and unexpected challenges that had mostly left us alone before: waves, wind, and even tides! We paddled through Yakama, Warm Springs, Cascades, Cowlitz, Grand Ronde, Siletz, Multnomah, Konnaack,…
The landscape changed from sage brush to trees the last few days as we entered the Columbia River Gorge. We walked through Yakama, Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla, Tenino, Warm Springs, Grand Ronde, Cascades, and Siletz ancestral lands. Day 99 –…
These three days took us through some fast flowing water & some non-flowing water, then into the Lower Columbia River — the big barge-filled river we’ve been curious about since Canada. And, we had visitors!! We paddled through Yakama, Wanapum,…
We portaged four dams in the last three days! We paddled through Wanapum, Colville, Methow, Okanagan, Wenatchee, Yakama, & Moses-Columbia ancestral lands. Day 93 – CR Mile 735.9 – Downpour We woke up at the campground in Pateros feeling super…
After several days on the 130-mile long Lake Roosevelt, this stretch took us past the reservoir and into the beginning of what we’ve deemed the “dam section” of the river. We’ll have to portage around many dams over the next…
We compiled everything we’ve learned from thousands of miles of hiking into this guide and recipe book! We hope you enjoy it!
-Renee and Tim
