August 4 Mileage 22 Mile 2295 to mile 2317 I can't sleep, for some reason- I think because I'm on my neo-air. I sleep best on hard surfaces and prefer just the 1/8 inch gossamer gear pad, but I need the neo-air when it's cold and tonight I thought it would be cold. But it's … Continue reading Day 102: White pass

August 3 Mileage 27.5 Mile 2267.5 to mile 2295 I have a dream that I'm camping under a giant tarp and it's raining, and the rain is coming in sideways, and I'm running back and forth looking for a dry place to sleep but every time I lay down rats come out of the ground … Continue reading Day 101: Goat rocks day

August 2 Mileage 30 Mile 2237.5 to mile 2267.5 I wake up in the morning before everyone else; they all stayed up late out in the field with the paying guests, looking for UFO's. I eat my little tupperware of oatmeal, chia seeds and protein powder, walk to the beautiful cob bathrooms to poop. When … Continue reading Day 100: Mt. Adams Wilderness… of black flies and mosquitoes

August 1 Mileage 20 Mile 2217.5 to mile 2237.5 I sleep hard but still feel tired in the morning. While I walk through the loamy forest I do the math- 220 miles in 8 days. My whole body is sore and I feel damn worn out. Just twenty miles until Trout Lake. I'll take a … Continue reading Day 99: Trout Lake and UFO’s over Mt. Adams

July 31 Mileage 27 Mile 2190.5 to mile 2217.5 I wake at 6:45 to Coughee, peering into my tent. "You made it!" He says. Then Rice Crispies appears, and Chance and Mac, and Twinkle. They all stayed in the campground with a trail angel. She fed them roast chicken and boiled eggs and soda. "Dang," … Continue reading Day 98: jewel-colored lakes, humid climbs, and other wonders of Washington in July

July 30 Mileage 35.5 Mile 2155 to mile 2190.5 I wake at dawn in the soft twin bed (I got up at one point in the night and opened the window in my sleep- I'm used to sleeping outdoors and was, I think, desperate for air), pack up my things and walk down the clean … Continue reading Day 97: magical enchanted rainforest night-hiking aka I ❤ Washington

July 29 Mileage 10 Mile 2145 to mile 2155 Sleeping so hard working our way down eagle creek along the narrow slick path waterfalls pouring into clear long pools forest canopy overhead and suddenly we're at the parking lot. The trail goes up above I-80 we're almost to town, I feel elated. In town it's … Continue reading Day 96: nero in White Salmon aka fanciest nero EVER

July 27 Mileage 32.5 Mile 2112.5 to mile 2145 I finally fall asleep at 2 a.m. and then I'm wide awake at 5:38, the first rays of yellow light spreading across the ridge. I close my eyes, try to fall asleep again, but I know that I can't. I hear footsteps and then Mac's face, … Continue reading Day 95: epiphytes epiphytes epiphytes!

July 27 Mileage 40.5 Mile 2042 to mile 2112.5 (minus 30 miles for the fire closure) I sleep so good. Again. Out like a light dark long night not waking up once, wild dreams of mansions and horses and family secrets, chests lined in velvet, full of treasure. What the fuck? I think when I … Continue reading Day 94: night-hiking to Timberline Lodge, and other things that I do every year

July 26 Mileage 32 Mile 2010 to mile 2042 I wake when the sun's red-orange rays cut through the mesh of my shelter. I fumble for my phone to take a picture of the sunrise, way up on this bridge, and then remember that it's dead. God dammit though, I slept good. And warm- it … Continue reading Day 93: solitary solitude in Mt. Jefferson wilderness