oregon trail

yup, made it to oregon. we rolled into ashland on saturday afternoon as planned. between june 29th and july 18th i hiked 634.8 miles. that's 31.7 miles a day, including all resupplies in towns along the way. my feet got a little sore, and i may have developed a blister or two under some calouses... but all in all, it was cool to see what i was capable of. tomato and i are headed out this afternoon and hope to be at the oregon/washington border on august 1st. more big days ahead.

thanks again to tomato's parents gene and susan for being such generous hosts in their rv the past couple nights. it was a much needed and much appreciated rest. (our only scheduled day off in july)

now i'm really looking forward to meeting up with mom and john next weekend around crater lake for some more good food and pampering! :)




can't seem to eat enough! 1/2 gallon of ice cream? just an appetizer now. the seiad valley pancake challenge however, is a near-impossible undertaking. it easily defeated me.


hiking is dirty business sometimes


view of mt shasta in the early morning