Day 8 of my Wonderland Trail trip, from Paradise Creek past Reflection Lakes and Box Canyon to Nickel Creek camp. miasma – noun. a highly unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor. I woke up dry, under a dry tarp. I should have skipped it. But an ounce of prevention, etc. etc. The first part of the…
Wonderland Trail – Paradise Creek via Longmire
Day 7 of my Wonderland Trail hike. Paradise Creek via Longmire and a hitchhike detour to Nisqually Glacier. Today was a weird day, I started alone in the woods, got to eat real food, hitched up the mountain to a resort, got a bit lost, and ended the day hiking backwards down the trail….
Wonderland Trail – Pyramid Creek via Mirror Lakes
Day 6 of my Wonderland Trail hike, Pyramid Creek via Mirror Lakes and Devil’s Dream. This was the first of two easy days, and by easy I mean only around 8 miles. Because you have to camp at designated sites, and because I was picking up a maildrop in Longmire Village, I had to time…
Wonderland Trail – South Puyallup River via Klapatche Park
Day 5 of my Wonderland Trail hike, from Golden Lakes Camp to the South Puyallup River camp via Klapatche Park. Another day that started easy, and then a big downhill. There was much debate on the trail how one pronounced the word “Puyallup”. “Poo-ya-loop?” “Puy-allup?” “Poo-la-yoop?” I think “Puy-allup” is closest to the…
Wonderland Trail – to Golden Lakes Camp
Day 4 on the Wonderland Trail, Eagle’s Roost to Golden Lakes Camp. Mowich Lake Someone said it was an easy walk from Eagle’s Roost / Spray Falls down to Mowich Lake. And they were mostly right. I was eager to get going, the prospect of a proper toilet and AC power spurred me on. It…