Day 26 – More pictures from the first Washington section

After a wonderful couple of days relaxing and hanging out with friends in Bellingham, I now find myself just outside of Duluth starting down the Superior hiking trail. It’s almost a little jarring to me how quickly I’m moving from one thing to the next, but yet here I am hiking in Minnesota 🤷‍♀️ There’s…

So far everything has been incredible, this trail does not disappoint! It’s been a nice combination of beach walking and lovely hikes through dense forests.  I’ve managed to successfully avoid most of the hwy 101 walking (but not entirely).  For example, yesterday I took a “ferry” across Nehalem bay/river (the ferry was a small fishing…

I am quickly learning that this trail is beautiful, but also requires a much higher level of planning than I am used to.  For example, campsites are not very common and tend to be a hiker/biker sites at state parks or campsites at private RV parks. Well, I got to cannon beach last night intending…

Made it to Stevens Pass…  This section of the trail is absolutely gorgeous!  I really enjoyed it, of course it was a lot of constant elevation gains and drops, but once you got to the views it was oh so worth it.  And all of the snow is gone (at least trail snow), so there…

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…

Finished with the sunshine coast trail!  Well, as much of it as I can do, I had to bail out a little early so I could get down to Bellingham to visit a friend before I start the superior trail.  Turns out the group I was hiking with likes to sleep in, take long lunches,…