Hello Everyone, I made it to Camp 11 today, about 3 miles west of Oakridge. I trekked 16.67 miles today at a slow and steady pace. Weather forecast showed no rain for last night or today, but it rained most of the night to about six in the morning. I was up by 5:30 and …
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Canada Day 10
Hello Everyone, Well, I am still at Camp 9, which I'll call Camp 10 now. Didn't trek today and stayed put because the rain and a few other related issues. It rained hard all last night and lightly into the late morning to about ten or eleven. Weather forecast was for no rain in the …
Canada Day 9
Hello Everyone, I am inside my tent at Camp 9, about 11 miles east of Oakridge, right next to Salt Creek. I can hear it roaring as it has been raining hard. It's actually very soothing and will be great to sleep to. I trekked 25.56 miles today, but think it's more of a 26 …
Canada Day 8
Hello Everyone, I am still at Camp 7, but today I will call it Camp 8, since it is my eighth day on this leg of the trek. I only trekked 3.6 miles today, a record low. But, it was only to walk the 1.8 miles to the only store to get some food. There …
Canada Day 7
Hello Everyone, Here I am at Camp 7, the Crescent Creek Cottages & RV Park and I am happy. I only trekked 6.8 miles today, and I am ok with it! Yesterday day was a real challenge and I went to bed surround by everything being wet. I was fortunate that I still had one …
Canada Day 6
Hello Everyone, Here I am at Camp 6, on Highway 58 at Odell Road, which is just a dirt forest service road. I trekked 15.33 miles today, but it could be more as I have no service and the mileage may not have recorded. Today was a wild day and one of my most challenging …
Canada Day 5
Hello Everyone, Here I am at Camp 5, about three miles north of Chemult, right at the junction of NFD 94 (National Forest road). I had an interesting day and trekked 16.08 miles today. I actually woke to the sun shinning in my tent this morning, an usual thing since there has been so much …
Canada Day 4
Hello Everyone, Here I am at Camp 4, about one miles from the junction of Highway 138, the road to Crater Lake. I had a long day and trekked 17.23 miles. The morning was cold and I had wanted to get an early start, but the temperature was around 29 degrees and I didn't want …
Canada Day 3
Hello Everyone, Well, here I am at Camp 3, in the middle of nowhere without any real point of reference. I only trekked 12.73 miles today. I am somewhere off of Highway 97, 12.73 north of Collins State Park. Had a very interesting day today, and had something happen that surprised me and left me …
Canada Day 2
Hello Everyone, I made it to Camp 2, which is right at the entrance of Collins State Park, but on National Forest land. I trekked 14.58 miles today and it is was a little challenging all day due to the weather. It rain most of the night and stopped around seven and the tent and …