Day 16: San Jose to Santa Barbara
This morning I studied the map and saw Hearst Castle pop up as a place to see. I remembered Atris had suggested this, so I booked a tour online for the latest p…
Days 14-15: Lassen NP to San Jose
Even though Jason and I woke up early as planned, Father Time still had the upper hand as we headed out of our campsite in Lassen. After a brief but peaceful hi…
Days 11-13: Davis to Lassen NP
I set out on Monday morning to loop up to Clearlake, down to Napa and back over to Davis. This was a route filled primarily with nice two lane country roads. Th…
Days 8-10: San Francisco to Davis
Friday was nice. I went over to Berkeley to check out the campus since I’ve never been before. It was a nice spot. I read my book for an hour or so near the sch…
Day 7: Fort Bragg to San Francisco
The California dew coated my sleeping bag as I came to this morning atop Abelin’s outdoor bed. There was a lot of dew. My sleeping bag, backpack, and everything…
Day 6: Crescent City to Fort Bragg
A trio of ducks made their way over to my tent this morning, waking me by surprise. I got to work packing up camp and realized how fearless these ducks were. Th…
Day 5: Waldport to Crescent City
Today I had my hemp education tour. It was exactly what I’d hoped for and more. We started off discussing the local economy and how things have changed since th…
Day 4: Skamokawa to Waldport
I broke camp and hit the road around 9:30 am this morning, bound for Astoria and beyond. Today was the day I’d enter the great state of Oregon. As I passed thro…
Day 3: La Push to Skamokawa
The theme of today has been letting go. For a while yesterday I was in a bit of a frenzy realizing I really only had that day to enjoy the Olympic Peninsula bef…
Day 2: The Hoh Rain Forest to La Push
This morning I awoke to some drizzling at my campsite despite no indications of such on the weather app. Goes to show some things can slip through the cracks ev…
Day 1: Seattle to The Hoh Rain Forest
I’ve made it to my first camp and am now situated in my tent. Most of this was written in the late evening, and some after I woke briefly in the middle of the n…
Day 0: Pre-Flight Checks
Today I packed all day. I don’t think I’ve ever spent this much time packing for anything. The constraint of the 44L pack really forces a lot of decision making…
And We’re Off
To those visiting my blog, hello and welcome. Hoping to keep friends and family in the loop on what’s going on and share the things that I find along the way. T…