Hello Everyone, Well, here I am at Camp 24, my home in Santa Paula, Ventura County, California. As you known I am not trekking and returned home because of the infected blister that I developed on my foot. I wanted to write an epilog to let everyone know how I ended this leg of my …
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Canada Day 20
Hello Everyone, Well, here I am at Camp 21, back at my old camp with the Jagels in Eugene, Oregon. I didn't trek today but rode about 100 miles from Waldport back to Eugene and went almost to midnight before settling down into my sleeping bag. My foot was more swollen this morning, painful, and …
Canada Day 19
Hello Everyone, Here I am at Camp 20, the Alsea Resort, Waldport, Oregon. I trekked 23.09 miles today and it was a bit of a challenge. I went to sleep last night with an overcast sky and woke up in the middle of the night with rain pouring so loud it woke me up. My …
Canada Day 18
Hello Everyone, I am at Camp 19, about 20 miles east of Waldport, which is on the coast. I trekked 15.13 miles today and it was a little less than I had planned because I wanted to make Waldport by tomorrow, but it turned out to be a challenging day because of the blisters on …
Canada Day 17
Hello Everyone, Well, I made it to Camp 18 today, which is at Campbell County Park, which is a day use area only. I was just too tired to go further and had not found a good camp site as much of the area is farms and ranches. This spot looked inviting, so here I …
Canada Day 16
Hello Everyone, Here I am at Camp 17, about 3-4 miles west of the little community of Alpine, also north of Monroe. I trekked 17.69 miles today and some of it was challenging. I am in a very isolated and remote spot well off of the road in an area controlled by the Bureau of …
Canada Day 15
Hello Everyone, Well, I made it to Camp 16, strange one at that, about five miles south of Monroe and about four miles north of Junction City. I trekked 20.25 miles today and went a little further than expected as I wanted to camp beyond Junction City and had a difficult time finding a camp …
Canada Day 14
Hello Everyone, I am still in Camp 13 & 14 and have been running around getting supplies and also waiting for some other items to arrive here. I had everything shipped to the REI Store as I also loaded up with things there. The manager there was great and took care to help me, especially …
Canada Day 13
Hello Everyone, Well, I made to to Eugene, Oregon, and Camp 13. I trekked 24.03 miles today and it was a very good day. I woke up this morning and looked out of the tent and saw the usual weather conditions, cloudy and overcast. On the positive side, it is nice to trek on cloudy …
Canada Day 12
Hello Everyone, Well, I made it to Camp 12, which is about 17 miles outside of Eugene. I trekked 16.75 miles today and probably would have gone further if not for an about two hour distraction. Actually a great distraction! I am camp off of the highway, and always, had a hard time finding a …