Day 69 PCT Mile Marker 1869.60 – 1875.70 + 10.63 OST Miles Covered 16.73 Stabbing pains shot through my foot whenever I moved it in my sleeping bag. I gingerly sat up and unwrapped a breakfast bar and brought it to my mouth. My hands still smelled like horses. I Read more…
Day 68 PCT Mile Marker 1848.70 – 1869.60 + 2 Miles Hiked 22.9 I didn’t come out of my tent until I’d eaten breakfast, packed my sleeping bag, and put everything away. I didn’t want any skeeters to ruin my morning. It Was My Birthday! Turtle handed me a gigantic Read more…
Day 67 PCT Mile Marker 1820 – 1836.74+3.36 – 1848.70 Miles Hiked 15.32 “Your pack really stinks. Baaaad.” My nephew pointed out in the back seat as we headed back to Crater Lake to drop me off at the trail. I laughed. “Yeah. It does.” We drove past fields of Read more…
Day 66 PCT Mile Marker 1820 – 1820 Miles Hiked 0 Smoke billowed into the sky. Huge bubbly grey balloons of it. I thought maybe on our way back to the motel tonight, I should stop and get a dust mask and a handkerchief. I could wet the handkerchief and Read more…
Day 65 PCT Mile Marker 1820 – 1820 Miles Hiked 0 I couldn’t sleep. I was too hot and I thrashed around and kept waking up completely sideways in the bed. At some point I realized I haven’t used a pillow much in the last few months, so maybe that’s Read more…
Day 64 PCT Mile Marker 1820 – 1820 Miles Hiked 0 I got up in the middle of the night and ate a bunch of peanut butter and ibuprofen. It was cold and I was awake, so I got up and put my rain fly on my tent too. Then Read more…
Day 63 PCT Mile Marker 1813.08 – 1820.00 Miles Hiked 6.92 Turtle gave me his extra hot chocolate and coffee for breakfast. I drank it out of my pot. Cougar tracks on the trail again. He must be following me around. I got my favorite. Finding that cadence that eats Read more…
Day 62 PCT Mile Marker 1793.50 – 1813.08 Miles Hiked 19.58 My brother came out of the ocean, wearing surfer clothes and pushing his hair out of his eyes. You’re not a surfer. I told him. Well you’re not a quitter. He said. He said: You told me ninety percent Read more…
Day 61 PCT Mile Marker 1771.00 – 1793.50 Miles Hiked 22.50 Hoards of famished mosquitos were screaming and banging on my tent. Come Out!! They screamed. Banshees. My bug spray seemed to work okay even though it didn’t have Deet. Which is really good because Deet eats gear. I remember Read more…
Day 60 PCT Mile Marker 1747.90 – 1771.00 Miles Hiked 23.10 My Two Month Trail-A-Versary. My crazy journey started two months ago. It’s only been two months? It’s also been such a long, long time. I rolled the thoughts around in my head as I squashed a mosquito Read more…