Okanagan NF and Oroville, WA

NOTE: This text was originally uploaded in 2017 on my PNT hike. Lightly edited for typos. I’m here at the Oroville Library, halfway through the PNT! It’s hard to explain what the past 5 weeks have been like, since every day you are traveling through new landscapes, meeting new people […]

Metaline Falls to Republic, WA

NOTE: This text was originally uploaded in 2017 on my PNT hike. Lightly edited for typos. Republic is a great trail town in the middle of a not terribly interesting section. The McRae family has been extremely generous in opening their home to us hikers, and I’m writing this lounging […]

The Selkirks & Salmo-Priest Wilderness

NOTE: This text was originally uploaded in 2017 on my PNT hike. Lightly edited for typos. What a section! I’m in Metaline Falls, WA a day ahead of schedule, giving me another forced zero (no hiking) tomorrow while I wait for the post office to open on Monday. It’s a […]

Idaho at last!

NOTE: This text was originally uploaded in 2017 on my PNT hike. Lightly edited for typos. I made it to the land of “famous potatoes”, as per the Idaho license plate. I’m in Bonners Ferry right now, 16 miles south of the trail, certainly one of the longer hitches on […]

Chief Mountain to Eureka MT!

NOTE: This text was originally uploaded in 2017 on my PNT hike. Lightly edited for typos. Made it to Eureka, MT! Mile 131 (209 km). I’ve been in Eureka for 2 days now, healing up my feet from some blisters. Unfortunately, I ended up finding a ride out on National […]

July 2 – Hiking at MRG

NOTE: This text was originally uploaded in 2017 on my PNT hike. What a great day to have my last hike before I start the PNT on the 5th. After driving to VT in the pouring rain (and even some detours due to flooding), my one day in VT was […]