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

July 31st, 2016 Miles Hiked: 25 Start Location: Mile 1566 End Location: Mile 1591 End Location GPS: 41.34351, -122.95945 There were a lot of short ups and downs today. There were also a lot of cows. And cow bells. Lots of cow bells. At first we thought the bushes had wind chimes in them but

July 30th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 23 Start Location: Mile 1543 End Location: Mike 1566 End Location GPS: 41.21834, -122.77414 This section is a lot more scenic than the previous one. We entered into the Trinity Alps wilderness today which surprised me in terms of the scenery. I will let the pictures do the explaining again.