Pacific Crest Trail
Greetings readers, it has been a pleasure to have you along for the last five months. I originally envisioned this blog as a collection of photos from my journey on the Pacific Crest Trail. Each entry would be a series of photo taken throughout that day. However, when...
Pacific Crest Trail
Mile 2638.7 – 2650 + 8 miles in Manning Provincial Park. The mountains were black silhouettes against a horizon of deep red. Lifeless clouds slowly gained definition as the sun, still hidden, rose toward the horizon. As it broke the horizon, rays of light fell...
Pacific Crest Trail
Mile 2609.6 – 2638.7 This journey was always a series of days. The basic structure of each day was the same: wake up, eat, walk, eat, walk, eat, sleep. These things were certain. They were the anchor points of each day. Something you could count on. It was...
Pacific Crest Trail
Mile 2583.7 Fireweed Campsite North Cascades National Park – 2609.6 Glacier Pass. I curled up in my sleeping bag as I heard my alarm go off. I was wearing my puffy jacket, my hood was up, and my buff was pulled up to my nose. It had been a cold night and it was...
Pacific Crest Trail
Mile 2569.4 – 2583.7 Fireweed Campsite North Cascades National Park. As we left Stehekin, we peered down at the Stehekin River from High Bridge. Below us in the shallows were Chinook salmon coming back home to spawn. I couldn’t help but see parallels...
Pacific Crest Trail
Mile 2542 – 2569.4 “There was a mouse in my TENT!” Bedazzled proclaimed as soon as I walked over in the morning. I started laughing. “Why are you laughing?” She asked nonplussed as she folded her arms over her chest. “It was just a...
Pacific Crest Trail
Mile 2513.2 – 2542 With the days getting shorter, our 5:30 wake up allowed us to see the last glimmer of the stars before they faded into the brightening sky. It was beautiful. We hauled our packs onto our backs and crossed over the well flowing Pumice Creek....
Pacific Crest Trail
Mile 2484.1 – 2513.2 As we left our campsite and began to climb, I couldn’t help but think this section of trail from Stevens Pass to Stehekin is shaping up to be one of the best in Washington. It feels like a bunch of moving pieces have finally clicked...
Pacific Crest Trail
Day 138 Mile 2454.2 – 2421.6. The sound of rain falling woke me up in the middle of the night. It would come in waves pattering softly against my tent. I went in and out of sleep until I was jolted awake by a large rock fall from somewhere across the lake. When...
Pacific Crest Trail
Mile 2425.3 – 2454.2 Mig Lake. The wind blew with a welcome fury last night. As I lay in my tent, the evergreens bent and groaned with each successive gust. In my sheltered spot, only occasional gusts came to ruffle the flaps of my tent. When I woke in the...
Pacific Crest Trail
Mile 2397.7 – 2425.3. The mountains rose like specters in the smoke. Gnarled heads turned toward the sky as their bodies sunk into the sea of smoke. We left camp and waded through the smoke arms stretched out to keep our balance as we navigated through rough...
Pacific Crest Trail
Mile 2390.6 2397.7. When I woke up, I couldn’t tell if it was smokey or cloudy. The sky was a dead lifeless gray devoid of feeling. Where have the passionately colorful sunrises of the desert gone? I packed up quickly and left Sand Lake behind. Bedazzled was in...
