Neighbors were nice enough to try to be as quiet for us as we were tried to be the night before. Another not very restful night, one of the thru hikers apparently left at 4am, I heard him but had no idea what time it was. Access to a pit toilet was a perk of…More

We camped right near the trail so we were woken up by a trickle of early risers. I was awake most of the night anyways thinking I was hearing critters near us. Today is more climbing through burn zones in the heat. It am truly unprepared for how much this heat is zapping all of…More

The sun woke me up again around 5:30 but I tried to fall back asleep for a while since the wind kept waking me most of the night. I’m tired and feeling discouraged about another hot day ahead of us. After doing our morning things we got to hiking through more burn over blowdowns. Our…More

A slow start to the day since we were in a hotel in Sisters. I woke feeling much better than yesterday, chafe mostly taken care of or taped up, rehydrated, and ready to get back out of town. Before heading down to breakfast I did some gear maintenance, cutting the lining out of my shorts…More

5 milesAll of us were eager to get down to Snoqualmie so we could eat. Packed up and walking around 7:30, down to the pancake house around 10. After we had finished, Heidi arrived to take us for a day in the city. We grabbed our resupply boxes from the Chevron and then headed for…More

23 milesNot sure of how far we were going to walk today, we started by just picking water stops ahead and we’d wait to see how everyone was feeling at lunch. Yardsale and Chickadee took off first and I eventually caught up to them at the first spring. I had only been there for a…More

22 milesChilly in the morning, started hiking in my fleece and eventually my hands warmed up. We took a snack break at a cabin and enjoyed the warmth of the sun. It gave us a chance to dry out our quilts too. A few more miles to lunch, where we ate with a bunch of…More

22 milesThe night went on without any more rain. We both got up to pee at one point and so I got out of the tent first. When I got out there I could see eyes reflecting back, a deer. When we got back to the tent, I learned that she knew there was something…More

20 milesThe first few miles were easy, but 10 minutes or so into the climb for the day, it started lightly raining. We stopped to yardsale our stuff on the side of the trail so we could get our rain gear to the top of our packs and the rest of our stuff into a…More

14 milesA smooth 8 miles to the highway, with perfectly clear views of the Knife’s Edge and Rainier. Once we got to the road it seemed like chaos. A hiker in front of us crossed the highway, but didn’t seem to care if there were cars coming. Luckily, the car coming toward her was able…More

14 milesThe day began with views of the Cispus River valley and then we started climbing up towards Old Snowy. It was a clear, bluebird day so we could see Adams, St. Helens, and Rainier while we worked our way up. Being a Saturday there are a ton of weekenders on the trail. A few…More

23 milesMy quilt had droplets of condensation on it when I woke up, but laying it in a tree where the sun could hit it dried it right up. No one was in a hurry to get walking, but we eventually rolled out around 8:45. The first few miles were cruisey and rolly, and the…More

21 milesEveryone packed up and we walked over to the coffee shop, but it wasnt open yet. So we went to the cafe instead. It was full of old white dudes sipping coffee and bullshitting. Egg and bacon sandwiches were delicious, coffee too. We quickly finished up knowing we had to catch the 8:00 shuttle…More

I tossed and turned all night trying to get comfortable with my makeshift pillow of my puffy wrapped in my fleece. It worked okay but it wasn’t great. There was also some sort of animal making a crazy noise all night long. I wish I could figure out what is making this noise because I…More

Woke up in seattle, caught train to Portland, walked to Safeway & chipotle, back to train station to catch bus, long bus ride to Sisters, so hot in sisters, walk to MacKenzie pass rd, hitching, super nice guy originally from Moline, hiked through lava rocks, struggling a bit at 5-6000ft, some blowdown & small patches…More

5 milesCruised through the 5 miles to the forest road in the morning. Caught a hitch after waiting a bit. Crammed 4 people into the back seat of a truck, plus one in the bed with a bunch of camping gear the pair already had and our 5 backpacks. Made it to the cafe in…More

22 milesMarshmallow was gone before I got up, but Yardsale and Chickadee were still around. We talked a quick gameplan for the day to get close enough for the hike out to Trout Lake tomorrow morning. Rolling terrain today, no major climbs. 13 before lunch and then 9 after to camp. The morning was a…More

22 milesTurned out to be a beautiful night full stars and the sound of the river flowing by. We got moving and headed for the Panther Creek campground, which would allow us to use a toilet, empty our trash, and then get water from Panther Creek. We needed to carry for 9 miles and 3200ft,…More

20 milesThe last ones to leave camp, we began the day dropping back down the other side of the hill we climbed yesterday. Most of Washington will be this way, gaining a ridge and then descending it. At our first major water source we chatted a bit with Cowbells. Chickadee and Yardsale were there as…More

12 milesToday was a scorcher! We got up slowly from the comfort of the hotel room, and Jay invited us to breakfast with him, Malcolm, and Sprinter. They had all finished their meals before we got there, but were hanging out a bit longer before starting up the climb into Washington. We crossed the Bridge…More