During the few hours sleep, I kept waking repeatedly because my body was struggling after yesterdays long haul. I’d set my alarm for 0900 because the unlimited breakfast buffet at the Timberline Lodge would shut at 1030. Groggily I stumbled Read More …

I’d like to kick off with a: “Happy birthday brother Stino!!” This morning was slow going. The shop was open and they had coffee. So I had to indulge. There was a lot of talk about different approaches for the Read More …

Mediocre sleep on slanted spot. Bleeh. Hiking out around 0745. So much for the early start… The trail would take us around Mount Jefferson today. The first hours of hiking were pretty relaxed, downhill, and got us to the bottom of Read More …

Oohlala, I slept lovely on the new combination of my Thermarest underneath my inflatable pad. It was not a very cold night, but I already noticed the difference. Excited to see how the combination works out if it gets real Read More …

Great nights sleep in the motel room the four of us shared. Not in any hurry, I got some of my entries out and then we headed downstairs to grab some of the motels continental breakfast. Afterwards I packed up Read More …