Bat Boy and I got up early to knock out a quick 2 miles to get to Timberline Lodge for the breakfast buffet. We ran into a couple other hikers, Buffalo Bill and Frosty, and ate with them. We gorged ourselves on pretty much every breakfast food you could imagine...except for bacon. I'm not sure... Continue Reading →

Bat Boy and I headed out on trail today for a planned 55 mile stretch from Frog Lake to Cascade Locks. This is the first of the trips with each of the kids for some 1-on-1 time. Blue Lizard drove us to trail and walked the first half mile with us. The trail was easy... Continue Reading →

We didn't do much these three days besides relax and hangout at Matt and Jessi's house with them and the Daleys. There isn't much to cover from these days so I'll instead use the space to explain what a typical day on trail looks like. A Day on Trail We usually wake up somewhere from... Continue Reading →

I'm getting to this post late, but I also have done much other than relax the last few days. Blue Lizard headed out with Jessi to hike the Timberline Trail to test her knee while I stayed in Portland with the kids. She came back a couple days early after hitting a sketchy hill near... Continue Reading →

We parted ways with General and the Daleys before I headed out for a day hike with Matt. We were hiking a stretch of the PCT from Wahtum Lake and then down Eagle Creek where Jessi and and Blue Lizard would meet us later. We took a detour up Chinidere Mountain for some incredible views... Continue Reading →

We were back at Matt and Jessi's for a couple days and loaded their house with thruhikers. The General was already there, but by some stroke of luck the Daley family was in Portland for a couple days before jumping to Hart's Pass to head SOBO. We invited them to stay with us rather than... Continue Reading →

We kept our plans to head to Lost Lake for a couple days to ride out some of the heat wave. The highs are supposed to be around 100F for at least the next week and a cool lake sounds wonderful. General has decided to stick around a little longer and goes with us. We... Continue Reading →

I went to bed last night planning my longest day yet.  My alarm was set for 5:30am, but it's more of a token alarm since I'm usually awake by 4:30am on my own.  I snoozed the alarm when it went off and before I knew it, it was after 8.  If you know me well... Continue Reading →

Blue Lizard and I got up early for her to drive me back to trail at Olallie Lake. It was about a 3.5hr drive, and I was back on trail around 9:15am. This put me about 75 miles from Lost Lake where I'd meet everyone again in 3 days time. The first maybe 2 miles... Continue Reading →

Day 130 was mainly a travel day to Portland, but we still helped some hikers out along the way. We picked up Allie on our way out of town. She was jumping forward about 4 days to Mt. Shasta City so she could continue to rest her leg while Mando kept hiking. We dropped her... Continue Reading →