August 12. Got woken up at night by the sound of trains running right next to where we camped. Eventually woken up properly and went back to Shelter Cove to shit in a bathroom and maybe try to get breakfast. Pidgin was back there too. He had camped with some of the other sobos that … Continue reading Day 37: Shelter Cove to Summit Lake. 17 miles. →

August 11. Slept hard after the 40 yesterday. Woke up not far from Irish Lake which looked so pretty with the fog and steam coming off it. Most of the early miles were easy hiking through forest. I took a little side trail to Bobby Lake. Another sobo named Troubadour was there. In true Troubadour … Continue reading Day 36: Irish Lake to Shelter Cove. 24+1 miles. →

August 10. Had an early start for once. I planned to do 40 miles because of the shorter day yesterday and because the elevation gain was less than 4k for about 40 miles which meant if there was a day to try for 40, it would be today. I planned to wake up at 4 … Continue reading Day 35: Obsidian Limit Southern Boundary to Irish Lake. 40 miles. →

August 9. Cowboyed at the lake on a sandy beach with a bunch of other sobos and nobos. It was okay except they were all smoking weed and I felt kinda bad because I knew I was gonna wake up earlier than most of them. It was a 14 mile stretch from big lake to … Continue reading Day 34: Big Lake Youth Camp to Obsidian Limit Southern Boundary. 24 miles. →

August 8. Ran down the hill to the road before Big Lake. I could have hitched from there to Bend but I sent a box to Big Lake where I read they had veg food for hikers. The hike wasn't too bad. Mostly hiking through burn areas and a little lava rocks. It was early … Continue reading Day 33: Ridge Top at Three Fingered Jack to Big Lake Youth Camp. 13 miles. →

August 7. Without a doubt one of my favorite days so far. Started by being able to use a pit toilet which is always a nice start to the day. Didn't get water the night before which I need to remember to always do because not having water in the morning sucks. I got into … Continue reading Day 32: tensite at 615 to mountain pass at 644. 29 miles. →

August 6. My longest day yet. I've realized Oregon is not flat but the grade on climbs is much easier (mostly) and the elevation is spread out over many more miles. Today I climbed around 6k but over 32 miles which isn't that bad really. Or maybe I finally have my hiker legs now. Started … Continue reading Day 31: Dirt road and power lines to tensite and 615. 32 miles.  →

August 5. Some days you plan to get an early start, crush miles, and end up at a pretty river early but instead you take too long to poop, dawdle at a vista, spend too much time at a pretty lake, and don't quite make it to the river so instead you have to cowboy … Continue reading Day 30: Timberline Lodge to Dirt Road and Powerlines. 29 miles. →

August 4. Got a nasty bug bite setting up my tent so I took a benedryl which made me kinda groggy in the morning. I set my alarm for 5 but didn't get up until 7, much later than I wanted. Finally got on the trail around 830 about 2 hours later than I wanted. … Continue reading Day 29: Huckleberry Mountain Trail to Timberline Lodge. 22 miles. →

August 3. Oregon is flat. The first few miles out of Cascade Locks weren't too bad, relatively flat and foresty but then of course we got into the big climb. Almost 3k gain in 4 miles. It was actually not that bad though. The grade was gentle and the switchbacks were long and far enough … Continue reading Day 28: Cascade Locks to Huckleberry Mountain Trail. 28 miles. →