Sometimes the trail doesn’t go where you want and you have to add more miles than you’d like, only to end up not-so-wild camping in someone’s yard. #grateful #AZT #sobo
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Pine, Arizona
After helping to prepare the homestead for winter, it was time to say goodbye to family and head back into the mountains. Southbound with no plans. #familytime #goodtimes #wandering #AZT
Timberline Lodge, PCT, Oregon
At first, he suspected the other hiker of dropping acid while they lounged at Timberline Lodge. But as the hiker unfolded their experience of the trail, their eyes wide with an almost ethereal glow, it all began to make sense. Long stretches on the trail have a way of recalibrating your perception, merging your senses […]
Ramona Falls, PCT, Oregon
Two days and 40 miles into this seemingly endless uphill hike, and the absence of his trail-hardened legs weighed heavily on him. Three weeks of languor on the Oregon coast had left his muscles feeble, their resilience usurped by layers of fat now sizzling away with every upward stride. This new level of perspiration was […]
Sobo Out of Patagonia, AZ
Water, you know it’s good when it’s growing green, horses, desert, a much needed foot soak, and no rain fly on the tent, because I fell asleep before I could put it on #AZT #sobo
Phone Battery Dead, No Food, Holes in My Shoes
Not enough cell phone battery to make it to Patagonia, backup battery is only giving one charge and it’s dead, time for the solar panel. Fingers crossed Shoes are breaking down too, inserts worn through and soles as thin as paper. Out of food because I have no portion control and ate everything the first […]
Tucson to Colossal Cave Mountain Park
It took a lot longer to walk out of Tucson than I thought, but I had some encouragement along the way. Only about 100 miles left, the next three or four days will be spent crossing the desert to Patagonia, my last town stop before the border. I think. I haven’t really looked at the […]
Into Tucson on the AZT
Behind the Tent Door, sounds like a movie title #AZT #sobo
Mt. Lemmon Cookie Cabin, AZT
What a cold and treacherous trail today. Felt like my feet were in snow for most of it. I’m not sure if the giant white chocolate macadamia nut cookie with four scoops of vanilla ice cream and smothered in whip cream helped, or if it slowed me down. #fatty #hiking #AZT
Oracle Let Me Down
Been looking forward to this for days. Southwestern Brisket Sandwich… #Mmm #AZT #sobo Sadly the Ore House Hilltop Tavern Bartender WAY over charged me, making me never want to return…