It feels good to be home.
Washington is beautiful (as expected) and I am lucky enough to have friends and family close by to provide a little bit of trail magic. Huge shout out to the BEST dad in the world who hiked 40 miles into the Goat Rocks wilderness to camp and hike with us. What a champ!
Also thank you to Darin and Pam Belton who opened up their cabin to our team of hikers so that we could shower, organize resupply boxes, and cook a couple of giant meals. What a cozy a wonderful place.
And finally a huge shout out to Kyle and Fly who came out to hike 100 miles with me and created a luxurious vacation on trail. Gourmet meals, lazy mornings, swim breaks multiple times a day, and huckleberries galore. Three cheers to slowing down and only hiking 15-20 miles a day!
One highlight from this section was a side trip up mount Adams. Five of us made a spur of the moment decision to summit the cascade volcano and spent a glorious morning at 12,000 feet.
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| Crossing the bridge of the gods... with a 50 lb pup in your arms because dogs can't walk on metal grates. What a way to start the 100 mile section! |
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| Hanging out in camp with the guard dog on duty |
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| Sometimes it's difficult to get all three people to look at the camera during a selfie | |
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2200 miles and teeth stained blue with huckleberries!
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| Fly making friends with the trail fam |
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| Sunrise on the way up mount Adams, 3:30 start and enjoying the views on top by 8:45 |
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| Walking along the suncup-ed summit |
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| Sunset colors in the Cispus basin |
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| Milky white glacial runoff from mount Adams |
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| The huckleberries are starting to turn red and show their fall colors in contrast with the white of mount Rainier behind |
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| Walking into the Goat Rocks wilderness... so much anticipation! |
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| Goat rocks, walking up "Old Snowy" for a 360 degree view! |
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| Dad hiked in 20 miles to enjoy these knife edge views in the Goat Rocks |
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| Summit team |
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| Posing with mount rainier in the background! |
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| Standing in the suncups on top of mount Adams with mount rainier smiling in the background |
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| Dad having fun being an honorary member of the Naked Suncups for two days |
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| The entire team clean and full of delicious food at the cabin at White Pass, thanks again to Darin and Pam! |
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