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September 3rd, 2022 by Jon When we woke in our small, dispersed campsite in the morning, Griff had taken over most of the foot area of our tent. I pushed him over and squeezed my legs into the very corner of the tent, and he slept on, unaware. We got up around 6:45, and GriffContinue reading “Day 149: Mile 2394.2 – 2408.9”

September 2nd, 2022 by Jon We woke up in our air-conditioned oasis feeling so happy to be in a bed. Man, we miss those. We took a gloriously hot shower before getting up and walking over to the pancake house, which is connected to the hotel. We got some hot food and had an amazingContinue reading “Day 148: Zero at Snoqualmie Pass”

September 1st, 2022 by Jon We woke up and, after a brief lie-in, got moving. We had breakfast right next to a fog-covered lake, and the rainfly was covered in condensation on both the inside and the outside. We stuffed it into the bag, resolving to get it dry again once we were in theContinue reading “Day 147: Mile 2375.9 – 2394.2”

August 31st, 2022 by Jon When we woke up, it actually felt fairly warm. We had camped on a saddle, and I guess instead of being down in a pocket of cold air, we were on top of a hill in a way. We packed and got ready, but had already planned on a fairlyContinue reading “Day 146: Mile 2357 – 2375.9”

August 30th, 2022 by Jon We woke and felt the weight of illness. We both felt hot, tired, and achy. Kind of like the feeling when you’re getting over something, but exhausted afterward. We slept in until 6:45, then slowly packed and ate breakfast, not hitting the trail until 7:45. We planned to walk andContinue reading “Day 145: Mile 2338 – 2357”

August 29th, 2022 by Jon Today was both beautiful and difficult. We hiked 4000 feet of elevation gain and 3900 feet of elevation loss. When we woke up, the air was cool, although not as cold as it had been the last few days. We got up at 6:00, as seems to be the normContinue reading “Day 144: Mile 2315.6 – 2338”

August 28th, 2022 by Jon We got up and listened to the wind blow steadily off the lake, causing all the trees around us to sway and creak. Thankfully, our tent spot was hunkered down in some trees and bushes, and we didn’t have any of it pushing on our tent. We didn’t set anContinue reading “Day 143: Mile 2296 – 2315.6”

August 27th, 2022 by Jon A little after we went to bed last night, it began to rain. The rain came in small bursts, along with strong gusts of wind that actually bent our tent a little. We did our best to doze through it, although we didn’t have much luck. Eventually, around midnight, itContinue reading “Day 142: Mile 2281.4 – 2296”

August 26th, 2022 by Jon When we woke up, we just couldn’t get out of bed. It was still far too dark out. When we finally decided to get up, we packed, and eating ate a bit later, drank some of the water we got last night, and then walked through dark pine forest forContinue reading “Day 141: Mile 2261.7 – 2281.4”

August 25th, 2022 by Jon After getting into camp late last night and then staying up for longer than we should have, it was very difficult to get up when the alarm went off. We ended up sleeping another 40 minutes before finally getting up and going. We packed and had breakfast, then got onContinue reading “Day 140: Mile 2236.2 – 2261.7”