More pictures from the Sierras – part 2

Just in case anyone is curious… I was definitely contemplating being done with my hiking for the summer, but then decided that I needed one more.  Just one more hike.  I swear I’m not an addict, I can stop anytime, I just need one more hit, I mean hike 🙃 So I’m planning to hike…

I had a fantastic time in Mammoth, I basically laid in my hotel bed with the air conditioning blasted and watched YouTube videos as long as I possibly could…. it was amazing 😍 Today I’m heading back up to the trail, there’s a bus that goes from Mammoth -> Red’s Meadow, so I’ll be on…

Washington is amazing!!  I’m so glad that I made the decision to pop up to Cascade Locks and hike north from there, for lots of reasons: First, Washington is gorgeous, this is some of the best hiking on the PCT!  Also, it’s actually a relief to become a section hiker, I just feel so much…

I don’t even remember my last post, was it from Stevens pass?  Seems like so long ago even though I know it was only a few days.  Anyway, I started hiking with a group of other north-bound section hikers who were finishing up their PCT hikes from previous years, so we all decided to get…

Yesterday I made my way to the start of the trail by flying to Portland, an Amtrak bus to Astoria, and then walking to the state park (there were no Ubers 😢).  So really, it was a pretty easy task to get to the start.  After a lovely night camping at the hiker/biker site at…

I was ready to be done with the horribleness of California, but I wasn’t ready to be done with the PCT, so I compromised and decided to downgrade myself from “thru-hiker” to “section-hiker”.  So I jumped up to Cascade Locks to hike Washington.  Both the Sierras and Washington are some of the absolute best hiking…