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August 14th, 2022 by Jon We woke up in our bed for the last time and thankfully had everything pretty much packed already, so we didn’t actually get out of bed until 7:15. We’ve really enjoyed our time in Bend. Exploring all its great gear stores, outdoor spaces, and spending time with Singsong’s sister. WeContinue reading “Day 129: Mile 2049.8 – 2063.5”

August 12th & 13th, 2022 by Jon Our ride to Ollalie Lake isn’t until Sunday, so we had some time to kill in Bend, which was fine with us because Bend is a great city to chill in. We spent two days eating lots of food, trying out beers and ciders, hanging out with Singsong’sContinue reading “Day 127 & 128: Zeros in Bend”

August 11th, 2022 by Jon When we got up, we lay there, somewhat cold in our sleeping bags, before taking a big breath and forcing ourselves back into our disgusting clothes for one more day of hiking before town days in Bend. We ate at our little picnic table and enjoyed another nectarine from ourContinue reading “Day 126: Mile 1982.6 – 2000.9”

August 10th, 2022 by Jon We woke up after a very solid night’s sleep from our long day. We ate breakfast in our fortress, A.K.A. tent, to keep the mosquitoes from eating us alive as we tried to eat our food. Once we packed up everything we could from within our tent, we braved theContinue reading “Day 125: Mile 1958.8 – 1982.6”

August 9th, 2022 by Jon We woke to the patter of light rain on the tent. How long had it been since that happened? We got ready in the tent and even had breakfast inside it before finally getting up and packing everything else. By 6:20, we were ready to go, and so we toldContinue reading “Day 124: Mile 1930.6 – 1958.8”

August 8th, 2022 by Jon When we woke up in the morning, our stuff was damp and covered in condensation. It didn’t rain overnight, but the moisture in the air lingered from yesterday evening’s rain. We packed up and got ready to go, then headed back down to the hiker area by the water forContinue reading “Day 123: Mile 1907.9 – 1930.6 (+2 mile road walk)”

August 7th, 2022 by Jon We woke up after another sleep-in. We had 8.7 miles to get to the road where we would hit the fire closure and get our ride at 11:30 to Shelter Cove. After another longggg breakfast, we packed up and hit the trail. The trail itself was very pleasant in theContinue reading “Day 122: Mile 1839.2 – 1847.8, then car ride to 1907.9”

August 6th, 2022 by Jon When we woke up this morning, it was 6:30. A glorious morning of sleeping in to reward us for a sort of town day! We got up and put on our party hats and birthday glasses because today was Missile’s birthday! We put them on when he went to theContinue reading “Day 121: Mile 1817 – 1839.2”

August 5th, 2022 When we woke up this morning, it was actually cold again. When we got out of our tent, the mosquitoes buzzed around incessantly. We hid in our rain jackets and face nets and killed the ones on our legs as they landed. The last few towns have all been completely out ofContinue reading “Day 120: Mile 1790.4 – 1817”

August 4th, 2022 by Jon We woke up to another damp morning and it actually felt cold. I threw on my clothes and sweater and began packing and eating. While in Ashland, I helped lift one end of a pool table to get the balls to fall to the end so we could actually play,Continue reading “Day 119: Mile 1765.6 – 1790.4”