Day 139, Fritz and Amy
CDT mile 2480.8, miles hiked 23.5 It rained again last night only this time it poured and we had plenty of thunder and lightning with it. Tatu-Jo tossed and turned all night and even woke me up once when he heard something walking around our tents. Since we are...Day 138, Spotted Bear Alternate
CDT mile 2457.3, miles hiked 24 Seeing how we need to arrive in East Glacier on Sunday and preferably as early as we can be since it will be our last town stop before the end, we opted to cut off 17 miles and do the spotted bear alternate. Now the alternate in the map...Day 137, Big Daddy D and the Chinese Wall
CDT mile 2433.3, miles hiked 25.2 It sprinkled a bit last night and I woke from it to move in under the covered porch so my quilt would stay dry. As I was laying there to go back to sleep I heard wolves howling through the dark. What an amazing experience it was to...Day 136, Benchmark
CDT mile 2408.1, miles hiked 33 When I got up I listened to see if it was still raining, nope. I crawled out and went to retrieve my food bag. I sat in my tent making hot water and packing up, man this routine will soon end and I’ll be able to walk down to my...Day 135, Lewis and Clark Pass, lightning and bears
CDT mile 2375.1, miles hiked 24.5 Our spot last night was a rock outcropping high above Rogers Pass, it provided some wonderful views of the stars and for a few moments I would wake and stare into the heavens. I do love cowboy camping and despite the extreme wind last...
The catio build continues, yesterday evening we made some serious progress on the project. We can finally start to see light at the end of the tunnel so to speak, and hopefully by the end of the weekend we can check this him project off the list. #catio #homeprojects #keepingbirdssafe
A friendly reminder that power tools are dangerous. Yesterday while running an angle grinder something happened and next thing I knew I was sliced open and bleeding. Thanks to @suzylaruffa for making me go to urgent care where I was treated to 6 stitches. #stitches #powertools #accidentshappen #catiobuild #ouch
Tom to make the anti-bodies. Super thankful to have been able to get the first shot today, let’s kick this thing in the tail! #vaccinated #oregon #itsjustashot
On my way to a celebration hike of the 25th anniversary of thru hiking the AT, but first a few beers @terminalgravitybrewingco to wet the whistle. Thanks to @thetrailshow for the new buff to take on the hike. #getondatrail #thetrailshow #hellscanyon #appalachiantrailclassof1996 #hikertrash #beerthirty
Enjoying a rare snow day in PDX! Got out for a little ski touring around town before everyone was awake. #urbanski #pdx #nopo #winterwonderland #montbell #point6
I’m slowly getting caught up on writing about this falls hike of the Blue Mountain Trail. I had some@writers block after returning home but the past few weeks I have been inspired to try to get things done so others can enjoy this amazing new trail. Link in bio well take you there. ![]()
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#bmt #bluemountains #hellscanyon #ghcc #explore #hikeoregon #thruhike #thruhiker
Sunny decided she wanted to assist in my sewing of prototypes today. #sewing #ultralightgear #catsofinstagram #tabby #craftday