Washington hiking
I miss only 352 miles to get to Canada. After walking 2,298 miles, we all shake our heads talking about having finished almost … I am in a small town in Packwood, WA through the mountain from where the PCT crosses the white pass. The city is having a weekend of trails and is running a transport service several times a day to and from the beginning of the path. This is the first year that they had a subsidy to help promote the city as a destination, and although there is a lot of learning involved in a first year operation, people are super warm and friendly and eager to listen to comments on how to expand its impact on hikers. Free transport of transport, free pizza last night, tacos tonight, free campaign camps, hotels for those looking for that option, a super market for better prices in resupply, food restaurants and a brewery to socialize are all magnets to attract garbage of hikers like me. I hope you continue to build on the event of this weekend in future years, as well as expanding the availability of a transport network to help transport hikers to and from the beginning of the path during the hiking season. Everyone who has spoken said: «They are glad that they have come to the city!» In the winter they have a very friendly ski installation for the family in Whites Pass and that is their great attraction for the winter months. If you travel through Washington, a small pleasant city to stop.
Ending Oregon
After leaving the sisters, I still had several miles of Wash flow to walk. They really destroy hiking shoes and I will have to get a new pair of shoes to finish the walk. I hope my shoes can last the next 98 miles to Snoqualmie Wa, where I hope you send new shoes or find a way to reach a supplier near Seattle to get a new pair. He can be calling the «uncle’s adhesive tape and aunt Gorilla Gue» to help shoes to hold. Logistics in this remains a job in progress while I write this. First night outside the sisters, he stayed at Big Lake Youth Camp, who is friendly to hikers. I woke up in the morning with my store covered with ice and fog so thick that you couldn’t even see the lake. I had to pack everything soaked and after climbing about 10 miles along the path; I could put everything in the sun to dry and breakfast. There would be a long water that would carry Mount Jefferson through the desert, but the path was described well and we could put some long miles every day to get to OLALLIE Lake Resort. This complex was interesting because it is deliberately rustic. Motorized ships are not allowed in the lake that is equipped with trophy trout, there are no cooked meals available, but a small general store that only had solar energy with sufficient output to run some refrigerators for beer and pop. They only took cash, but they had a place to camp for hikers and a wonderful dock to sit and look at Mount Jefferson while the sun set the sun. I spoke with a couple of people from the Portland area that say they come to this complex due to the rustic environment and the great fishing. They say it gives them a place to «stop» their agitated daily life. Two days each of hiking 25 miles took us to the historic Timberline Resort in Mount Hood. A very great place with many tourists, and you create it or not, skiers/snowboarders still sail through a snowfield on the complex with a trolesilla that is still running in the first week of August. I ate chicken offers and french fries in one of the restaurants late in the afternoon, since I was too late for breakfast or lunch «everything that can eat buffets» that is offered. Obviously, a popular option for hungry hikers, but I didn’t want to wait a day to enjoy. On the left at 2:30 pm and a 10 -mile walk took me to Ramona Falls in the middle of the Mount Hood Loop path. A 34 mile walk the next day took me to the Cascade locks long after the city closed at night. I stopped at the Best Western Hotel and asked the night employee if I could buy a «comfort» soda of his vending machine. He was very helpful or maybe he had a very thirsty hiker at 10:30 PM had walked through a commercial camp area on the road to the city and had a very pleasant conversation with 3 people who were there in their recreational vehicles. Many questions about hiking, my history and the PCT in general. They gave me apples and oranges while we talked. I knew the city closed early, so I was not in a hurry. I found a place for the jeans camp and then I found my way to a cafeteria that opened at 6 am for a breakfast and coffee. Then, at the end of the street, even a bigger restaurant for the great egg breakfast, pancakes, hash courses and a panechin. I stayed there for several hours drinking coffee, since I had one day to wait for the 3 -day PCT trail event that have every year in Cascade Locks. I went to the PCT hiker camp to spend the next night and shower and then I had to take transport to the city of Hood River to get to a place to wash the clothes. But to strengthen me during the 15 -minute trip, he stopped at the hamburger that became famous for the movie «Wild», where Cheryl Strayed finished his walk, to get a large strawberry shake. I had several of those in the next few days of the days of paths.
Sendero days
Pacific Crest Trail Days It is an annual summer festival that celebrates and promotes hiking, camping, backpacking and outdoor administration. More than 100 display sponsors offered by the latest outdoor products in Gear Expo & Marketplace. Attendees participate in activities, games, presentations, team raffles and meet with old and new friends in an incredible environment. The local brewery sponsored the launch party on Thursday with music, food, beer and the opportunity to meet with people on the path. They allow camping on the island on Friday and Saturday night and there must be a couple of hundreds of established tents. They had food truck vendors on the land of the Expo and, of course, local restaurants in the city were a popular option. Many people had equipment repaired or written in water, in addition to buying new products to complement their current supplies. I bought 3 dehydrated breakfast to test on the path, a pair of techno socks to see how they worked and a hydration unit to fit in my water bottle, so I did not have to stop walking to have a drink. My verdict was that the three purchases were good options for me.
It’s time to move on
I stopped for lunch at the Bridgeview restaurant as my last meal outside the city. The first thing you do is walk through the «bridge of the gods» covered by the Columbia River, and halfway, you officially start hiking in Washington. There is no sidewalk on the bridge, so he is walking on the one hand towards the traffic that enters or. The drivers mostly are greeting you and smiling while they are accustomed to seeing hikers cross the bridge. 4 days outside the cascade locks were basically a long climb through forested lands without many views. 82 miles until the first place of refueling in Trout Lakes. I met a Japan boy named «Hopper» a couple of days when they had the same hiking speed that I have. We ended up leaving the climbs and descents and jointly decided miles daily that we wanted to achieve. We had to burst about 22 miles on the last day to transport hikers at 4:30 pm in the Trucha lakes. I arrived at the beginning of the path and there was a sign informing us that the transport service would be delayed until 5:30 pm of that day due to a personal obligation of the driver. Then, when a group of people began to gather the beginning of the path, we began to hook. Fortunately, a couple in a truck was out to choose Huckleberries and took the first 5 people to the city …
Trout Lake is a very small community with some incredible people who actively built a hiker support system to attract hikers to their city. The service station has excellent hamburger and attached cafeteria and the general store has an incredible food supply for hikers, as well as a free camp. There are laundry and showers for a nominal rate. We capture the ferry of the 8 am back at the beginning of the path the next morning. We use an application called Farout that downloads a map of paths worldwide. Maps have significant markers such as water sources, camps, paths of paths, road accesses and refueling options, as well as a GPS locator that shows exactly where it is on the path. Excursionists can also leave updated conditions of the real state of the specific marker, such as buggy, a poor water flow, etc. I went to turn on my application and the application did not open. I had to walk for 3 whole days «blind» to logistics information before reaching White Pass. It was quite disturbing not to be based on having that information within my reach. I had to trust Hopper and others to give me that information while we walked the 66 miles to White Pass. A hiker of the Netherlands, the name of the «D» path looked at my phone and saw that my phone had been updated during the night, which was no longer compatible with Farout. So I had to uninstall my original and reinstall Farout when I finally arrived at White Pass. Yeah! Now I have the application again and I feel punished! The highlight of the trip for many people is the path at the top of the goat rocks while walking towards Mount Rainier. Literally follows the spine of the crest and is quite adrenaline. Spectacular views and there were even goats in the snowfields, as well as grazing in the mountain grass. The next refueling will be Snoqualmie about 98 miles away, so a heavy 5 -day food transport.
As always, consider helping on a local path to help maintain these wonderful sustainable natural areas for the future. We had the fortune in recent weeks to attack the teams that work to maintain the path and are the true heroes of the various path systems. And very little personal …….
Peace and Happy Paths
Cramp
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