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After all the machinations and obstacles, here on Monday April 3rd, I’m nearly back to Plan A (conceived last November), at least for this week. That plan had me starting a North Bound (NoBo) full thru hike on March 28th. landing in Mt. Laguna 5 days in after a mellow start, and here I am!…

After Monday afternoon’s plan to return to where I left off at Mile 20, I was delayed again. There were a few reasons not worth delving into in a post, but the latest atmospheric river to hit California (a record setting 17 this winter session!!) was again the lead reason, following others making their way…

With the fabulous Las Vegas hiatus and lovely time with my daughters at Taylor Swift (and some hiking in Joshua Tree and above Palm Springs too), it’s time to return to the trail. With the latest round of storms and checking on snow conditions, the only realistic option to continue now is to flip flop…

I imagine with anyone’s PCT thru hike attempt, there are a sea of obstacles to move through, over, under, and around, just to get to the start of the trail. This was certainly true for me, a story for another day. But once started, there are a new set of obstacles, some expected, others random.…

It sure was fun to get to the southern terminus after such a long journey and dream! Knowing the scale of the forecast storm, my mindset was simply to cover as much of my planned northbound 77 miles as I could, and adapt to reality. As an added bonus, a sore throat starting Saturday turned…

Another short test as I’m having a bit of technological challenge posting from the phone or iPad. I’ll share more if I figure it out. After finishing the final gear choices, savoring an omelette Ashley whipped up, and another 3 hour drive, we made it to the southern terminus and got the first 8 miles…

It’s 9pm on Saturday March 18th and my backpack is again disassembled and spread all over my friend’s Tri and Asher’s home in Palm Springs, who were gracious enough to let us stay again before it’s time to sleep on the ground. The road trip to get here, met our standards – longer than it…

Here we go! We are officially on the road and this thing is real. We are covering 500 road miles this afternoon and evening, leaving home in Issaquah WA and spending the night in Crescent City, CA. This 8 hour drive will parallel the section of the trail that I’ll walk back over 2 months…

Another attempt to see how effectively I can write a blog post from my phone and maybe add a picture. Here’s testing out the poncho on Tiger Mountain from Sunday’s training hike.

Grimsey, Iceland at Midnight, June 2022 Putting up a test post and a picture from last summer, the grandest yet of family adventures celebrating my oldest daughter’s graduation from high school and kicking off college at the UW. I had originally visited the tiny island of Grimsey off the north coast of Iceland in 2014…