We had only been driving in the car about 20 minutes when I went to pull my phone out of my purse to check something. Rummaging around, I realized it wasn’t there. I didn’t have my phone and I was going away for the weekend. My friend Elle and I signed up for a talk…
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A Most Underrated Experience On The Pacific Crest Trail You Have To Have For Yourself
I bet if you ask anyone who has hiked the Pacific Crest Trail through Oregon if they made time to stop and visit the Dee Wright Observatory while crossing the summit of the McKenzie Highway through the Willamette National Forest, you will most like get a blank stare. The what? I imagine if you ask…
The Most Water I Have Ever Carried On A Hike
Thinking about my most memorable water experience on public lands reminds me of the time Elizabeth and I woke up at 4:15am knowing the day would test both our fortitude and quite possibly our friendship and donned our headlamps. We loaded our packs and headed down to the creek to fill up on water. After…
Return to Eagle Cap, Day 3: Like An Arrow Through My Heart
I woke up about quarter to six on day 3 of our trip in the Wallowas or Eagle Cap Wilderness as the morning sun lit up the tip of an unnamed peak rising from behind the ridge above Cached Lake that sits close to 7,300ft. Despite the temperatures hitting the high 80’s during our trip,…
Return To Eagle Cap, Day 2: Not Your Grandma’s Needlepoint
We reluctantly woke up from our stealth camping spot in the trees and plotted out our second day. Where did we hope to camp for our second night? How far did we want to go today and thus tomorrow? We eventually decided that Cached Lake would be our destination for camping. There is no official…
Return To Eagle Cap, Day 1: “Oh, Hell No.”
“Oh, hell no,” Elizabeth shook her head and uttered these words at me about 4:16pm at the junction to Lookingglass Lake on our first day of backpacking back in Eagle Cap and it pretty much summed up the tone of our trip. I looked at her and smiled, “That sure, are you?” I don’t know…