9/3 - Spokane, WA - Mile 2,300 Well this is it – I'm officially "off trail," as hikers say. After four months and change of hiking, I'm back in Spokane, writing this from my couch. The comfort of being home is a stark contrast from

8/24 - Timberline Lodge, OR - Mile 2,100 Out of all the places I’ve written these newsletters from, my current location may be one of the coolest. The Timberline Lodge is an old wood ski resort, and the area I’m in is a circular room built around a

8/06 - Ashland, OR - Mile 1,720 After just over three months, I've finally made it out of California. On Friday, I crossed over into Oregon, the second of three states that the PCT goes through, and – from what I've heard, at least – the one with

7/01 - South Lake Tahoe - Mile 1093 (Kind of) After two months of hiking in the desert, it'll be fun to face a new type of challenge... we're planning to reach Bishop, CA at some point next week, so you can look forward to a new

6/22 - Lone Pine, CA - Mile 751 Howdy all - it's going to be a short post today, because it's been a whirlwind trip into town. (However, there will be plenty of pictures!) Since my last letter, we went into Kennedy Meadows, and when we left, we

6/6 - Tehachapi, CA - Mile 566 Hello again -- a lot has happened since my last post. Perhaps the most exciting was the checking off of another milestone: earlier this week, I passed the 500 mile mark. (The Proclaimers would be proud, as I also intend to walk 500 more.) Two

5/13 - Big Bear Lake - Mile 266 Earlier this week, I -- along with my hiking buddies Door and Kidska (remember them from last newsletter?)-- made it over the first major hurdle of the hike: Mount San Jacinto. In normal years, it's a steep but not particularly notable climb.

4/29 - Warner Springs, CA - Mile 109 As of today, I've made it over 100 miles on the PCT, which is sort of the first major milestone. Sure, you could think of it as only being 2/53rds of the way there... which doesn't sound all