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goodbye, Oregon!: days 120-124
Day 120: Trooper Spring to PCT mile 2076.4, 23.9 miles Day 121: PCT mile 2076.4 to 2094.4, 18 miles Day 122: PCT mile 2094.4 to 2108.9, 14.5 miles Day 123: PCT mile 2108.9 to Cascade Locks, 31 miles...
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first days of Washigton: days 125-128
Day 125: Cascade Locks to PCT mile 2150.5, 6.3 miles Day 126: PCT mile 2150.5 to Trout Creek, 23.6 miles Day 127: Trout Creek to Crest Horse Camp, 21.2 miles Day 128: Crest Horse Camp to Trout Lake...
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spying Rainier: days 130-133
Day 130: Killen Creek to PCT mile 2366.9, 25.1 miles Day 131: PCT mile 2366.9 to 2384.2, 17.3 miles Day 132: PCT mile 2384.2 to 2399.5, 15.3 miles Day 133: PCT mile 2399.5 to Sheep Lake, 23.7 miles We...
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looks like rain: days 134-137
Day 134: Sheep Lake to Mike Urich Cabin, 21.4 miles Day 135: Mike Urich Cabin to PCT mile 2368.3, 23.7 miles Day 136: PCT mile 2368.3 to Snoqualamie Pass, 22.4 miles Day 137: Snoqualamie Pass, 0 miles...
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more rain, but so much beauty: days 138-141
Day 138: Snoqualamie Pass to PCT mile 2405.3, 15 miles Day 139: PCT mile 2405.3 to Waptus River, 20 miles Day 140: Waptus River to PCT mile 2440.1, 14.8 miles Day 141: PCT mile 2440.1 to Stevens Pass,...
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the penultimate leg: days 142-147
Day 142: Stevens Pass to Janus Lake, 10 miles Day 143: Janus Lake to Dishpan Gap, 21.3 miles Day 144: Dishpan Gap to Fire Creek, 22.6 miles Day 145: Fire Creek to PCT mile 2536.7, 21.3 miles Day...
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Oh, Canada!: days 148-151
Day 148: Stehekin Ranger Station to PCT mile 2591.1, 21.7 miles Day 149: PCT mile 2591.1 to 2613.8, 22.7 miles Day 150: PCT mile 2613.8 to 2635.3, 21.5 miles Day 151: PCT mile 2635.3 to Manning Park...
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saguaro national park
Driving towards Tucson we didn’t have much of a plan; we knew we wanted to spend 2-3 days there, but due to the large number of hiking opportunities in the area we were having a hard time deciding....
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joshua tree national park
We left Tucson in the morning, and by the early afternoon we were entering Joshua Tree National Park. While we could have hiked in the park, since we already spent many weeks hiking through the Mojave...
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death valley national park
We were enchanted with Death Valley National Park. Despite its foreboding name, the low lying valley hugged by snow capped mountains welcomed us in. We arrived after a couple days of visiting my...
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zion national park
We packed-up camp at Death Valley and headed east through Nevada & Utah, crossing back into the Mountain Time Zone. Even with a stop to resupply our food stores, we arrived at Zion National Park...
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grand canyon national park
A note: we made it back to Maine! The hiatus from our travelogue can only be explained by the fact that I thought I’d wait to type up our last few stops on the road trip until we got home, but then...
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road trip wrap-up
We planned our trip to explore as many National Parks and natural areas as we could on our way out to Los Angeles to visit my brother. It was easy heading west, but on the way east from Flagstaff we...
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springer mountain, here we come!
We’ve spent the last week getting ready for the Appalachian Trail. It feels a little strange to be “getting ready,” for the trail, because sometimes I wonder what that really constitutes? You can have...
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a good start: days 1-2
Day 1: Amicalola Falls Lodge to Cooper Gap, 21.5 (12.3 AT miles) Day 2: Cooper Gap to Slaughter Creek Tentsite, 16 miles miles We took a day and a half to drive down to Gainesville, Georgia. Along the...
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following the white blaze: day 3-4
Day 3: Slaughter Creek Campsite to Chattahoochee Gap, 19.6 miles Day 4: Chattahoochee Gap to a vista on Powell Mountain, 18.9 miles We survived the thunderstorms that raged overnight, keeping...
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into North Carolina: days 5-7
Day 5: Mile 66.8 to Standing Indian Mountain, 20.7 miles Day 6: Standing Indian Mountain to US 64, 22 miles Day 7: zero day in Franklin, NC Total AT miles hiked: 109.5 The wind kept waking me up...
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mountains for days: days 8-9
Day 8: Winding Stair Gap to Wesser Bald, 20.8 miles Day 9: Wesser Bald to Locust Cove Gap, 17.1 miles Total AT miles hiked: 147.4 We took BJ up on her offer to drive us back to the trailhead from […]
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AT high point: days 10-12
Day 10: Locust Cove Gap to Fontana Dam, 17 miles Day 11: Fontana Dam to Spence Field Shelter, 18.5 miles Day 12: Spence Field Shelter to Mt. Collins Shelter, 19.6 miles Total AT miles hiked: 202.8 We...
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lucky days: days 13-14
Day 13: Mt. Collins Shelter to Pecks Corner Shelter, 14.6 miles Day 14: Pecks Corner Shelter to Davenport Gap Shelter, 19.6 miles Total AT mikes hiked: 236.7 Day 13 started off a bit rocky; although it...
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