When does a trip begin? Is it the 4 am pickup from the airport shuttle? When you check your bags at ...
Afterthoughts
Does the trail ever end? People often ask me, "How was your trip?". I don't know what to tell them. ...
Rainy Pass to Manning Park
Refreshed and ready for our final days on the PCT, we headed up the mountains north of Rainy Pass. ...
Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass
The weather was still nice, but we knew it wasn't going to last. A giant cold front was headed our ...
Snoqualmie Pass to Stevens Pass
For the first time in over 2000 miles, I was in somewhat familiar territory. I had hiked the start ...
White Pass to Snoqualmie Pass
I was back in the woods again. The trail immediately north of White Pass was more "walking by the ...
Cascade Locks to White Pass
For 3 days I stared at the Bridge of the Gods - an old metal structure spanning the Columbia River ...
Barlow Pass to Cascade Locks
It was already late and I was tired. I found a little clearing in the forest and plopped down. It ...
McKenzie Pass to Barlow Pass
I'd walked on a lot of pumice fields already, but the pumice field north of McKenzie Pass was the ...
Willamette Pass to McKenzie Pass
I didn't go far that first night, 4 or 5 miles to a nice little campsite next to Lower Rosary Lake. ...