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August 3rd, 2022 by Jon When we woke, everything was damp. But I guess that’s what we get for sleeping so close to the water. It’s still quite humid, and most of Southern Oregon and Northern California were supposed to get rain yesterday and last night as well. We packed up and got ready, enjoyingContinue reading “Day 118: Mile 1741.2 – 1765.6”

August 2nd, 2022 by Jon With the fire closure we escaped from in Northern California, we had to skip 47.9 miles of trail. It’s not as bad as having to skip the entire 110 miles they have closed due to the McKinney Fire, so I guess we feel lucky to have gotten to hike whatContinue reading “Day 117: Mile 1718.7 – 1741.2 (+1.5 mile road walk)”

July 31st & August 1st 2022, by Jon We ended up double-zeroing in Ashland because the weather on Monday was supposed to be full of rain, thunderstorms, and the smoke from the fires was still kind of bad. We ate a lot of great food, including an Indian buffet, sushi, late-night bar food, tacos, milkshakes,Continue reading “Day 115 and 116: Zero’s in Ashland”

July 30th, 2022 by Jon We woke up to our alarm at 4:00am. We wanted to get up early to do the climb out of Seiad Valley before it got hot. The high was still 105, which is pretty tough. When we stepped out of the tent, we realized the air was thick with smoke.Continue reading “Day 114: 1655.9 – 1670.7”

July 29th, 2022 by Jon When we woke up, it felt like it was already about 70 degrees. Today it was supposed to get very hot, the hottest of the heat wave, and it’s also the day we drop down into the valley. We got up a little early at 5:00 to try to beatContinue reading “Day 113: Mile 1634.5 – 1655.9”

July 28th, 2022 by Jon When we got up this morning, we were greeted by the sounds of buzzing insects. The creek we got water from was behind our tent site in the field somewhere, and I guess the bugs were ready to eat everything they could find. We talked about eating in our tent,Continue reading “Day 112: Mile 1610.4 – 1634.5”

July 27th, 2022 by Jon We woke in our warm, cozy beds feeling well rested after a full night’s sleep and a bit of sleeping in as well. We got up around 8:00 and began eating some of the food we bought yesterday at the store and packing our things. We cleaned up the AirbnbContinue reading “Day 111: Mile 1599.7 – 1610.4”

July 26th, 2022 by Jon Today we woke to the sound of buzzing insects. They were trying their hardest to break into our tent, or perhaps they were just stuck under the rain fly and couldn’t get out. Today is town day! We’re excited to get into Etna for a little R&R. But first, weContinue reading “Day 110: Mile 1590.8 – 1599.7”

July 25th, 2022 by Jon When we woke up in the morning, the sky was pink, and the sun hadn’t quite risen over the mountains yet. We packed pretty quickly, and right as we sat down to eat breakfast, the sun came over the ridge, and everything was bathed in pink. We enjoyed the showContinue reading “Day 109: Mile 1568.8 – 1590.8”

July 24th, 2022 by Jon When we woke up, it actually felt cool, so that’s nice. We packed up and started eating breakfast pretty quickly before departing camp. The trail was generally flat or ever so slightly uphill for most of the morning. We hiked along a ledge, looking down into valleys and going alongContinue reading “Day 108: Mile 1544.2 – 1568.8”