Oregon

We made our way deeper into Three Sisters Wilderness. As I was looking forward to the resort of the day, Elk Lake Resort, and I wanted to minimize any further ravaging by mosquitoes, I went ahead of ...

Before coming on trail, I knew two things about Oregon: it had Crater Lake and there was a place called Three Sisters Wilderness. Why Three Sisters? I have no idea. In my mind, I had an image of ...

For the first time we had to hitch around a closure today. The Windigo fire still raged a 1000 acres big, too close to the trail for comfort. So the next 60 mile section was closed sadly. The next ...

I was lying in my tent. Everything was peaceful and beautiful. I was happy. Then I heard Fitz’ voice interrupt my half-slumber: ‘Catch Up are you hiking to the Lodge for ...

The end of our current stretch was capped of with one of Oregon’s highlights: Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the US. We cruised the last 15 miles to Mazama Village, the restaurant/campground ...

As the title says, we have officially entered the terrain of the feared Oregon mosquitoes, lovingly referred to as ‘The Mosquito Gauntlet’. The creatures wasted no time and commenced their ...

As soon as I woke up, it became clear that my mom was not going to be able to continue. She looked pale and weak. We both packed up and headed back to the last paved road. I tried calling trail angels ...

I encountered almost no other people on trail today, giving me the impression that we had to be in a dead zone. The trail registers told a different story however. A horde of people passed through ...

Goodbye Ashland! I was all too glad to leave this weird zero town behind. Away from the mess, confusion and sadness, back to trail! And at least today, our choice seemed the right one: the skies were ...