It was hard to leave Happy Camp 🙂 but after saying goodbye to the motel owners Sheri and Gregg, and mailing half my food to Callahan’s in Oregon, I met…

After a solid day of downpour, there better not be any fire danger 🤣 On my second zero – what a luxury – it finally cleared and the sun is…

It’s a zero! This is the official name for days that include no hiking (walking to the laundromat doesn’t count …). Loud thunder at night and right now, and the…

Lovely campsite with water access, flat and wide, made for a good night. Not that it’s hard to sleep after a tiring day 🙂 I tried to get up early,…

Just when I thought the difficult terrain was behind me, the PCT served up more challenges 🙂 I left camp and stopped for breakfast after 2 hours of walking. The…

To be completely honest, that was as tough a hiking day as they come! I’m proud to have made it but my spirits definitely weren’t high yesterday 🙂 After Derek…

A warm night with a bright moon, no condensation in the tent, lovely. After the major snow fields yesterday I was nervous about the stretch south of Etna Summit that…

Waking up in the nice Scott Mountain campground, it was easy to spend some extra time having a coffee at the picnic table. Amazing what sitting off the ground will…

When the day starts with a shower in town, there are no complaints 🙂 Stopped at a coffee shop and then Jeff dropped me at Parks Creek trailhead, mile 1540….

An interesting one! Slept on and off through the night, it was cold. I knew that when I picked the campsite but the view of Shasta required sacrifices 🙂 The…

It is finally happening! All the travels worked out fine and I started hiking this morning from Dunsmuir. Denise from the Resource Center gave me a ride to the trailhead…