September 9, 2019, Day 5 Owyhee River (OC 129) to Rome, OR, ~22.2 miles, ~91.2 miles total Gabriel’s Day 5 pictures are here. Around 2:00 am a rain cell moved over us as we slept out under the stars. Our cowboy camp was getting wet in a hurry. We groggily snapped up the mid in … Continue reading All roads lead to Rome
September 8, 2019, Day 4 Wild Rose Reservoir to Owyhee River (OC 129), ~26.3 miles, ~69 miles total Gabriel’s Day 4 pictures are here. We got up an hour earlier than we have been to ensure we'd make it to the next reliable water source. Headlamp walking the first half hour with jackrabbits hopping about. … Continue reading Road walkin’ to mountain and canyon views
September 7, 2019, day 3 Juniper Gulch to Wild Rose Reservoir, ~15 miles, ~42 miles total What does a Cascade scramble duck say? Schwack schwack! What does a Cascade scramble duck say when it takes a swim? Schwim schwim! Maybe you had to be swimming along the shores of Lake Owyhee for that to be … Continue reading Cascade scramble ducks
September 6, 2019, Day 2 North Sheephead Spring to Juniper Gulch, ~16.9 miles, ~26.2 miles total Gabriel's Day 2 pictures are here. So far, it rains every day here in eastern Oregon. But rain sounds more dramatic from the inside of a silnylon tent then walking outside in it. We packed up and were walking … Continue reading So this is Owyhee Country
September 5, 2019, Day 1 Lake Owyhee State Park to North Sheephead Spring, ~9.3 miles Gabriel's Day 1 pictures are here. Friends of the Owyhee ED Tim Davis picked us up this morning and took us to the eastern terminus of the ODT. It was really special to get a ride from Tim and a … Continue reading Adjusting to the heat
We're on the Oregon-Idaho border here in Ontario and embracing life on Mountain Daylight Savings Time. Our bus was late getting to Bend, so we rolled into Ontario after dark. We've studied the maps and amazing water updates from DNR. Now all there is to do is get some sleep and make it to the … Continue reading On the road to Ontario
It's possible to fall in love with a place before ever setting foot on the ground. That's how I felt about the Steens since looking at the mountain and the surrounding Basin and Range country on a map. I'd imagine the hillsides of aspen on a sky-island (a 5,000 foot fault block of a mountain) … Continue reading Checked all the boxes – pre-ODT
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
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