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For the weekend hiker fall is the best time of year. The colors are vibrant, the bugs are gone, the days are fresh and the nights are crisp. Yet for the long distance hiker fall requires an adjustment, as I … Continue reading
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After hiking with and supporting us for two whole months, Mike went back to his home in Boulder yesterday to address a variety of errands and issues. He accomplished his objectives while out here. He brought good cheer and support … Continue reading
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Retirement has been on my mind lately. Our last two hosts are retired, one with a ranch, the most recent with a pastoral, Mediterranean style spread where they can eat some type of fruit they have grown all year. I … Continue reading
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I have a habit of wishing every hiker we meet “Happy trails!” This habit was acquired during our American Discovery Trail journey, in defiance of the conventional “safe travels” we consistently received all across the country. No one who was … Continue reading
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I have wavered on what is best for Cindy at times, influenced in part by wavering on what is best for me. Had this been my journey we might be back home already, but the intuition that being out here … Continue reading
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One pleasant aspect of a long journey is how serendipitous events lead you to unintended yet welcomed results. Because freezing rain in the Three Sisters caused a need to make up 22 miles of trail in Oregon, we came to … Continue reading
Our last day of hiking in Oregon couldn’t have met with any better conditions: sunny, little wind, gentle grades and soft footpath. We did not encounter a single blowdown during the 17 miles of hiking. Nor were there spectacular views … Continue reading
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We have wrapped up Washington, at least for now, and by tomorrow we will have completed our missing pieces in Oregon. As we make our way south to resume hiking in California I am struck by the similarity between 1977 … Continue reading
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After the Goat Rocks Wilderness Savitt and Patsy hiked with us for one more day in Washington, then we packed up the Scion with five of us and gear and headed to Cascade Locks. Their good friend Paige from Portland … Continue reading
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Cindy surprised me by rolling over to place her head on my chest and arm across my torso. She admitted she was lacking in physical affection; she used to joke about it. If an arm was draped around the other … Continue reading
