August 8, 2022 Highway 58 at Willamette Pass to campsite by Taylor Lake at mile 1930.3 22.4 miles (60 miles skipped due to the Windigo Fire Closure) Morning arrives, and we all pack up quickly. It’s fifteen minutes between the time I’m awake and the time I’m more or less packed and ready to hop …
August 7, 2022 (Technically illegal) campsite on the Crater Lake Rim Trail to Highway 138 on the PCT to camp at Lemolo Lake in Umpqua National Forest 8.6 PCT miles 3.5 non-PCT miles 12.1 miles We cowboy camped, which usually means faster packing up, but for some reason, I really can’t get it together this …
August 6, 2022 Campsite at mile 1812.1 to (technically illegal) campsite on the Crater Lake Rim Trail 10.9 PCT miles 7.8 non-PCT miles 18.7 miles hiked The 8.7 miles to Mazama Village fly by this morning. I walk with Jumbo for a bit, then I fall behind when I realize I have service. I text …
August 5, 2022 Campsite at mile 1784.8 to campsite at mile 1812.1 27.3 miles The question I’m contemplating as I pack up this morning is: “How much can I get done in here before I have to go back out into the mosquitoes?” The answer is, surprisingly, a lot. I reconfigure my system so that …
August 4, 2022 South Brown Mountain Shelter at mile 1763.4 to campsite at mile 1784.8, with a midday detour to Lake of the Woods Resort (LOW) for lunch 21.4 miles We mean to wake up early to make sure we get to Lake of the Woods with plenty of time to chill, but we end …
August 3, 2022 Campsite at mile 1741.1 to South Brown Mountain Shelter at mile 1763.4 22.3 miles Since I fell asleep so early last night, I have way less of an issue than I normally do waking up at 5. I lay in bed for a while writing, then pack up fairly quickly and get …
August 2, 2022 Campsite at mile 1717.6 to campsite at mile 1741.1 23.5 miles I wake up slow. I feel blah. I don’t feel enthused about hiking. I wonder who else we’ll be seeing out here, and I think about the friends either ahead or behind or on a totally different trail now. I’d tried …
August 1, 2022 Ashland to Mt. Ashland Road at mile 1710 to campsite at mile 1717.6 7.6 miles I wake up at 7 and dink around on my phone for a bit. Machine is in town, and I tell him we’re going to breakfast at the Morning Glory Cafe soon. Then I immediately fall back …
July 31, 2022 0 miles We wake up late. Deliciously late. We’re in a comfy house away from the fires and we all had so much wine last night and the sleep was fantastic, apart from getting kicked in the head. I finally begrudgingly start moving when I hear everyone talking upstairs. I pull myself …
July 30, 2022 Grider Creek Campground at mile 1649.5 to Seiad Valley at mile 1655.9, then evacuated to Medford, Oregon 6.4 miles Since we only have six miles, we wake slowly. It’s still cloudy this morning, that pleasant after-rain hangover, and it’s such a nice change of pace from the blaring sun. As we have …
Sarahmarie Specht-Bird 