August 10th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 18 Start Location: Mile 1753 End Location: Mile 1771 End Location GPS: 42.39719, -122.28880 The morning was great as we strolled easily for 8 miles to a cool little ski shelter. There was a cooler inside with nice cold sodas and Gatorades and even beer. When we left the shelter, […]
August 9th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 25 Start Location: Mile 1728 End Location: Mile 1753 End Location GPS: 42.24115, -122.30731 We woke up in a cloud. Fog misted all around us soaking the large pine trees overhead. When a strong breeze came by it rustled the branches making rain drops fall on the tent. My headlamp
August 8th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 12 Start Location: Mile 1716 End Location: Mile 1728 End Location GPS: 42.06842, -122.48278 We slept in and went to breakfast near the hotel. We packed up our things after contemplating staying one more day to relax and watch more of the olympics, but we decided against it. Oregon isn’t
August 7th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 4 Start Location: Mile 1712 End Location: Mile 1716 We hiked a quick and cool 4 miles to Callahans lodge, a resort like place near Interstate 5. We grabbed some breakfast and then hitch hiked to Ashland where we had booked a hotel room for the night. Ashland is a
August 6th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 24 Start Location: Mile 1688 End Location: Mile 1712 End Location GPS: 42.07616, -122.65172 Well, today was the day we said goodbye to California and hello to Oregon. Crossing the border as the sun rose it was unceremonious as all milestones in hiking tend to be. We signed the register
August 5th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 23 Start Location: Mile 1665 End Location: Mile 1688 End Location GPS: -41.99378, -122.91299 Good and pleasent day hiking, albeit some chaffing issues that Carolyn was unfortunately dealing with. There were a lot of hikers that we saw today on trail. We must be in some sort of bubble. I
August 4th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 18 Start Location: Mile 1647 End Location: Mile 1665 End Location GPS: 41.92779, -123.17872 We had a quick 6 mile road walk into the bustling metropolis of Seiad Valley, which consisted of a single building which had a cafe and store and an RV Park next door. We had some
August 3rd, 2016 Miles Hiked: 26 Start Location: Mile 1621 End Location: Mile 1647 End Location GPS: 41.80593, -123.21839 We went down and down and down and down towards Seid valley today. The temperature increased rapidly as we lost elevation. We went from 7000 to just over 1000 feet over roughly 16 miles, back into
August 2nd, 2016 Miles Hiked: 21 Start Location: Mile 1600 End Location: Mile 1621 End Location GPS: 41.56321, -123.19861 We did a shorter day then planned. We were both a little tired as we went to bed kind of late last night. The hiking was beautiful with some really splendid views of granite mountains and
August 1st, 2016 Miles Hiked: 9 Miles Start Location: Mile 1591 End Location: Mile 1600 End Location GPS: 41.40423, -123.02878 We woke up a little later than normal (5:15!) and were hiking by 6:15 as the morning light danced off Paynes Lake. We made a quick 6 miles to the trailhead parking area and the