August 30th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 23 Start Location: Mile 2183 End Location: Mile 2206 End Location GPS: 46.01814, -121.78798 My legs hurt today and are red and swollen. This was made worse by another bee sting to my left leg early this morning. I really don’t know what to say- bad luck I suppose. The […]
August 29th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 19 Start Location: Mile 2164 End Location: Mile 2183 End Location GPS: 45.82510, -121.85098 The day started out okay. I woke up and packed my things and then proceeded to take care of business in the woods. On my way back to the trail I had the incredibly unfortunate experience
August 28th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 20 Start Location: Mile 2144 End Location: Mile 2164 End Location GPS: 45.76653, -122.02957 It was a good day back with Carolyn. We woke up and went to breakfast and then walked over the Columbia River on the Bridge of the Gods. We saw a welcome to Washington sign and
August 27th, 2016 Zero Day in Cascade Locks The wind was bad and there is a train track right by the campsite so sleeping was difficult last night. I woke up around 5:30 and pretty much stayed up for the day. I grabbed some breakfast burritos and a coffe at the diner nearby and started
August 26th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 28 Start Location: Mile 2117 End Location: Mile 2144 End Location GPS: 45.66284, -121.89489 I woke up early and hiked in the dark before the sun came up. This is the best time of day. The terrain was easy on a mostly downward ascent to the Columbia River Gorge and
August 25th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 21 Start Location: Mile 2094 End Location: Mile 2117 End Location GPS: 45.47078, -121.82992 I had an awful nights sleep on account of a wind storm that ripped my tent stakes out of the ground multiple times during the night. On top of that tiny fine dust particles blasted inside
August 24th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 32 Start Location: Mile 2062 End Location: Mile 2094 End Loction GPS: 45.33288, -121.71141 Easy day of hiking up until the last 4 miles, which was an excruciating ascent up to the base of Mt. Hood where the Timberline Lodge is. The lodge is all stone and timber; a massive
August 23rd, 2016 Miles Hiked: 34 Start Location: Mile 2028 End Location: Mile 2062 End Location GPS: 45.00135, -121.71760 Felt a little better today after a good nights sleep but it’s still not the same without Carolyn. The trail today was interesting as I passed by Mt. Jefferson and got my first views of Mt.
August 22nd, 2016 Miles Hiked: 29 Start Location: Mile 1999 End Location: Mile 2028 End Location GPS: 44.68648, -121.83915 We got up around 7 at the creek side campground and I packed up my things. We stopped at McDonalds on the way back up to Santiem Pass and it reminded me that the McDonalds at
August 21st, 2016 Miles Hiked: 21 Start Location: Mile 1978 End Location: Mile 1999 End Location GPS: 44.42378, -121.84971 I woke up early and was hiking by six as the low sun was just beginning to strike the sharp granite peaks to my west. The morning was tough walking through a lava bed of dark,