Day 14, July 28: 32.8 miles, total miles: 413.1 - shoulder along roads, roads, trails, bike paths, city sidewalks and streets - 15 miles of asphalt Parks, Trails & Places of Significance: Squak Mountain State Park, Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park, Coal Creek Natural Area, Mountains to Sound Greenway I-90 Trail, Mercer Slough, Entai Beach … Continue reading You can walk from Blewett Pass to Seattle

Day 13, July 27: 32.1 miles, total miles: 380.3 - trails, powerline right of ways, and logging roads Parks, Trails & Places of Significance: Snoqualmie Valley Trail, Rattlesnake Ledge, Rattlesnake Mountain, Raging River State Forest, the Raging River, Tiger Mountain State Forest, PCC in Issaquah Coffee with Alicia this morning. Then it was time to … Continue reading Snoqualmie Corridor 50k

Day 12, July 26: 18.3 miles, total miles: 348.2 - trails, road crossings, residential streets Parks, Trails & Places of Significance: CCC Trail, Mt. Si NRCA trails, Snoqualmie Valley Trail, Alicia & Andy's house+hammock Well-rested, we got going in the cool of the morning to make the walking more comfortable. Most of today was following … Continue reading A berry-filled day on the CCC

Day 11, July 25: 17.9 miles, total miles: 329.8 - all on trail Parks, Trails & Places of Significance: Dutch Miller Gap Trail 1030, Middle Fork Snoquamile Trail 1003, big trees, berries, Goldmyer hot springs, Gateway Bridge, Middle Fork campground A day of forest walking and marveling is easy to do when one's morning starts … Continue reading Forest marveling

Day 10, July 24: 16.4 miles, total miles: 311.9 - all on trail Parks, Trails & Places of Significance: Pacific Crest Trail (#2000), pre-1978 Cascade Crest Trail/Dutch Miller Gap Trail 1362/1030, Deep Lake, Waptus River, Lake Ivanhoe, Dutch Miller Gap, Cascade Crest, headwaters of the Middle Fork Snoqualmie A whole day on the Pacific Crest Trail … Continue reading A day on the new & old PCT

Day 9, July 23: 11.9 miles, total miles: 295.5 - hiking, off trail travel Parks, Trails & Places of Significance: Davis Peak Trail 1324, Davis Peak, Terence and Michael lakes, Lake Michael Trail 1336, Trail Creek Trail 1322, Cathedral Rock Trail 1345, Pacific Crest Trail Trail 2000 It's a treat to start a Monday walking … Continue reading Off trail in pika country

Day 8, July 22: 14.1 miles, total miles: 283.6 - hiking, some trails harder to follow, short stretch of gravel road between trailheads Parks, Trails, & Places of Significance: Boulder-DeRoux Trail 1392, DeRoux Spur Trail 1392.1, Middle Fork Teanaway Trail 1393, Paris Creek Trail 1393.1, Davis Peak Trail 1324, cache #2 New day. New marmot. It felt … Continue reading Lonesome trails to cache-mass

Day 7, July 21: 11.9 miles, total miles: 269.5 - hiking on trails, bits of mellow cross country, crossed a road Parks, Trails, & Places of Significance: traversing the divide between Teanaway River and Ingalls Creek, County Line Trail 1226, Beverly Creek Trail 1391, Iron Peak Trail 1399, De Roux campground In brief: A day crossing … Continue reading Familiar summits & hungry marmots

Day 6, July 20: 12.8 miles, total miles: 257.6 - hiking! some bushwhacking, USFS road, trail, and easy cross country Parks, Trails, & Places of Significance: Old Pass Hill (non)road bushwhack, Old Blewett Pass, County Line Trail #1226, Miller Peak We started off our first day of hiking with a brushy bushwhack on an old logging road. … Continue reading Back on foot & mostly “just right”

Day 5, July 19: 39.5 miles, total miles: 244.8 - bike on rural roads, Forest Service roads paved, gravel, and very rocky surfaces Parks, Trails, & Places of Significance: Reecer Creek Canyon, Lion Rock, Blewett Pass, cache #1 This morning we had coffee with Steve and the kitties. Then it was time to pack up … Continue reading Up & over Table Mountain