Leaving Shelter Cove Last night I left Shelter Cove Resort after finally getting my UPS package. I made a pretty good pace uphill to the lake, despite having 7 days of food in my pack. Due to a mix-up, I ended up with 28 snack bars, almost a pound of macadamia nuts, a bag of…
Category: PCT2018 Journal
Journal entries from the PCT. April 14 – Sep 16, 2018. 2652 miles, plus or minus.
PCT113 – 1872 – Out of Ashland into the Ash Land
Note: without good network access these posts get harder and harder to stay current with. I can’t write every night, and going by notes and memory is tricky. When I am in town, my time is often taken up with errands, laundry, and meals. I don’t have the luxury of time. Sorry if these posts…
10 signs you might be in Oregon
One day you realize that not only is it August, but that you’re actually in Oregon. If, like me, you stop and look up from watching your feet and things seem different to you, try this handy checklist to see if you’re in Oregon: 1. Cold nights The other morning it was 36 degrees in…
PCT105 – 1718 – NorCal to Ashland
Yes, I fixed my phone. It turns out that Android keeps a sort of index of all your pictures, separate from the pictures themselves. And this index can get corrupted. Because programmers are lazy, nothing traps the error usefully, and so WordPress and other apps would simply crash. After trawling some deeper parts of the…
PCT89 – 1411 – Halfway, geysers, and Hat Creek Rim
This will be another weird and slightly disjointed post. While the hotel I’m at has Wi-Fi, of course it sucks and so uploading pictures is a pain. Because the WordPress app on my phone is still all crashy, editing this post is a nightmare. Using the non-Mobile version of WordPress is downright maddening. There’s a…