PCT Day 47, creek near Lake of the Woods Highway to Klum Landing Campground, 24 miles
If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it. – Erma Bombeck I wake up all on my own, just the gurgling, splashy creek next to me and the sky lightening. It got chilly at night, so I zipped up the footbox, put on my hood and tucked in. I approach the day […]
PCT Day 46, stream near Seven Lakes to creek near Lake of the Woods Highway, 28 miles
Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. – Golda Meir My spot is absolutely flat and I am, oh, so comfortable. Suddenly, a giant in snappy flip flops passes three feet from my head and shines his headlamp at my face. “Knock it off!” I […]
PCT Day 45, Crystal Creek to stream near Seven Lakes Basin (via Mazama) 23 mileso
You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness. – Diane von Furstenberg It was a beautiful night of a full moon lighting up my little clearing in the forest. My backpack slumps and jolts me awake as I shine my light and use my […]
PCT Day 44, Thielsen Creek to Crystal Creek, 28 miles
Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. – Gloria Steinem The sun lights up the triangular rock fortress of Thielsen while I still lay in my quilt, cozy and lazy. Elgar’s ‘Nimrod’ fills my mind on this perfect morning. No one joined […]
PCT Day 43, Oldenburg Lake to Thielsen Creek, 26 miles (+2 off-trail water gathering)
If I stop to kick every barking dog I am not going to get where I’m going. – Jackie Joyner-Kersee My beautiful, private lake produced a layer of mist and the alicoop is cold and damp, but ali, herself, is cozy and cuddly inside the puffy quilt. I almost don’t want to get up as […]
PCT Day 42, Shelter Cove to Oldenburg Lake (via Skyline alternate) 16 miles
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope. – Helen Keller I awaken in my cozy bed to the soft tump-tump of cat paws on the hardwood floor above me. I feel so good having seen my lovely friends and taken a day off to experience a bit of […]
PCT Day 41, ‘zero’ Eugene, OR
I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. – Charlotte Bronte Cool things I learned today: My friend Kate sent me an article that states – You might…see walking as a kind of superpower, because when we get up and walk, our senses are sharpened. Ain’t that the truth. Another friend […]
PCT Day 40, Middle Rosary to Shelter Cove Resort, 5 miles (and then on to Eugene)
I may not be perfect but I’m pretty damn good. —Rebecca Roudman I have one of the best nights of the walk after G-Punk gives me a magnesium drink that relaxes my muscles. My spot is quiet and solitary – just me and moonlight on the water until it rains just a bit. Hopefully enough […]
PCT Day 39, magical pond to Middle Rosary Lake, 27 miles
Always be a first-rate version of yourself rather than a second-rate version of someone else. – Judy Garland Gretzky wakes me, but he is incredibly quiet. I guess just knowing he’s up and out around 5:00 has me stirring too. The mosquitos are legendary this morning, dive-bombing in squadrons. They have their own civilization and […]
PCT Day 38, Reese Lake to magical pond, 28 miles
What is in other people’s minds is not in my mind. I just do my own thing, – Audrey Hepburn I am awakened early by Bobby O faffing about in his tent, headlamp on red. The sky is lightening anyway, so might as well pop the air mattress and get on with it. I heat […]
