by Paty | Jun 14, 2022 | Cycling, Great Allegheny Passage, Mid-Atlantic
C&O Canal Towpath || Day 1 || 38.6 miles Date: June 14, 2022Start: Washington, D.C. (C&O Mile 0.0)End: Marble Quarry Hiker-Biker Camp (C&O Mile 38.6)Cumulative Distance: 38.6 miles I stayed with my friends Rodney and Janene in Northern...
by Paty | Jun 13, 2022 | Cycling, Great Allegheny Passage, Mid-Atlantic
Date: June 13, 2022Start: Eugene, OREnd: Washington, DCTravel Distance: ~ 2,800 miles I’m about to begin my first day of bikepacking. Or bike touring. Or whatever the heck I’m calling this 9-day summer cycling adventure up the East Coast. My...
by Paty | May 22, 2022 | Oregon High Points, West Coast
Oregon County HP: #1 & #2 Difficulty: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (on a scale of 5) Summit Elevation: 11,249 feet Mountain Range: Cascade Mountains Ancestral Lands: Multnomah, Clackamas, Cascades, Molalla, Confederated Tribes of Grand...
by Paty | May 22, 2022 | US High Points, West Coast
Order of Visit: High Point # 44 Date Visited: May 20, 2022 Route Taken: Hogsback/Pearly Gates – beginning from top of the Palmer ski lift and back down to Timberline Lodge – 6 miles round-trip Type of Terrain: Mt. Hood is a strata-volcano...
by Paty | Apr 24, 2022 | Arizona Trail, Gear, Southwest US
I thru-hiked the Arizona Trail northbound from March 1st to April 13, 2022. This meant I started earlier than more spring NOBOs, so I needed to be prepared for freezing temperatures and snow at higher elevations, along with the warm, sunny, windy conditions at lower...
by Paty | Apr 18, 2022 | Arizona Trail, Southwest US
I’m back with a quick overview of the stats and metrics for the things I encountered on the Arizona Trail. My northbound (NOBO) hike began at Arizona’s southern border with Mexico on March 1, 2022. And it ended when I arrived at the state’s northern border with...
by Paty | Apr 14, 2022 | Arizona Trail, Southwest US, Trail Journals
April 13, 2022 Start: Jacob Lake (mile 754.8) End: Stateliness Campground/Utah Border (mile 781.6) Distance: 26.8 trail miles + 2.6 miles roadwalking (29.4 miles total) We spent one final night sleeping at the Jacob Lake Inn and then it was time...
by Paty | Apr 13, 2022 | Arizona Trail, Southwest US, Trail Journals
April 12, 2022 Start: Jacob Lake (mile 754.8) End: Jacob Lake (mile 754.8) Distance: 0 miles Volt’s pronouncement that he was quitting the trail last night weighed heavily on my mind throughout the night. I knew I had to come up with a way to...
by Paty | Apr 12, 2022 | Arizona Trail, Southwest US, Trail Journals
April 11, 2022 Start: DeMotte Park Camp (AZ Hwy 67 ) End: Jacob Lake (mile 754.8) Distance: 26 miles The weather forecast wasn’t wrong. The air was frigid last night, making me glad I’d protected anything vulnerable to the cold deep inside my...
by Paty | Apr 11, 2022 | Arizona Trail, Southwest US, Trail Journals
April 10, 2022 Start: Cottonwood Campground (mile 698.8) End: DeMotte Park Camp (AZ Hwy 67 ) Distance: 22.9 miles (6.7 miles to the N. Kaibab Trailhead + 16.2 miles of roadwalking) A noisy group of hikers came rolling into the Cottonwood Campground...
