September 12th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 18 Start Lication: Mile 2401 End Location: Mile 2419 End Location GPS: 47.50358, -121.23733 Long day and lower than planned miles on account of a wrong turn and a series of subsequent bad navigation decisions which costs us nearly 2 hours to get back on course. The day was otherwise […]
September 11th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 1o Start Location: Mile 2391 End Location: Mile 2401 End Location GPS: 47.47286, -121.32827 Short day out of town. We were planning on doing a little more but Carolyn’s heels were hurting so we stopped early. We are camped in a pretty exposed area overlooking a very scenic valley between
September 10th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 21 Start Location: Mile 2370 End Location: Mile 2391 End Location GPS: 47.42663, -121.41549 It was a pleasent day as we headed into Snoqualmie pass. Once we got within 8 miles of the pass we started seeing copious amounts of day hikers enjoying the mountains and the sunny weather on
September 9th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 24 Start Location: Mile 2346 End Location: Mile 2370 End Location GPS: 47.26412, -121.33648 The sky turned around and it was a glorious blue sky and sunny day. We were offered great views of Mt. Ranier on and off during the day and had a very pleasent walk overall. There
August 8th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 23 Start Location: Mile 2323 End Location: Mile 2346 End Location GPS: 47.10647, -121.40329 We woke up not in a cloud, so we started the day dry and ahead of the game. Carolyn’s heels felt better after a good night’s rest and we were hiking by 6:30 up a steep
September 7th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 17 Start Location: Mile 2306 End Location: Mile 2323 End Location GPS: 46.89391, -121.50250 The day started out wet, cold and in a cloud and never really broke free from that model. We were treated to a few stray rays of sunshine and a patch of blue sky not even
September 6th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 14 Start Location: Mile 2292 End Location: Mile 2306 End Location GPS: 46.76384, -121.42612 It was so hard leaving our studio dream house this morning but somehow we managed to get going around 10 AM when the rain was stopping. Everything was in a cloud as mist and low clouds
September 5th, 2016 Zero Day in White Pass There is supposed to be bad rains tonight totaling near two inches of total rainfall, so it was an easy decision to stay in the very nice accommodations one more night. We also got a nice surprise when Stewart, the gentleman who contacted us via Facebook, offered
September 4th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 20 Start Location: Mile 2272 End Locatiom: Mile 2292 End Location GPS: 46.64365, -121.37929 We woke up in freezing temperatures. The ground was hard and the plants were frosty with a fuzzy like coating of frost. An inversion hung over the valleys but we were above it in the sun
September 3rd, 2016 Miles Hiked: 25 Start Location: Mile 2247 End Location: Mile Mile 2272 End Location GPS: 46.49332, -121.46403 We woke up cold and stayed that way the whole day. Walking through the woods was similar to walking through a car wash, the bushes and brush acting like those big sloppy blue washer things