Enchanting Washington: Snoqualmie to Stehekin, Day 132-144

We've been racing against the forest fires having flown through sections before they erupted in flames. As we wipe the sweat from our foreheads the weather abruptly changes and now we must donn our warmest clothing for the incoming below-freezing temperatures, wet snow and blustery fall rain. We are 80 miles from the finish line …

Land of Fires, Miles & Smiles : Crater Lake to Seattle, Day 117-131

The bottom of my feet were aflamed in pain but I continued to hike the final miles of my the day-long challenge. It was getting very dark and the deadfallen trees began to take on shapes that my imagination turned into dwarves, sorcerors and other wondrous and monstrous beings. I donned my bright headlamp returning …