Sunday, July 21 The forests have started to open up into more meadows and mountain views, including Mt Bachelor. The descent into Elk Lake was relatively uneventful, though we were overwhelmed by the number of weekenders enjoying a Sunday at the lake. We leaned our packs against a tree and sat down to some more…

Thursday, July 18 We got a lazy start from Shelter Cove, 1 pm instead of the planned 11 am. I'd woken early to help Bluejay with a kinesiotape job to the lateral hamstring - being a PT in the trail earns you some serious trail cred, e.g. triple chocolate s'mores and a ProBar (both trail…

Monday, July 15 Just kidding. We went 6 more miles last night after our lupper, making our own camp on a relatively flat area. Jess spent much too long trying to hang a bear bag; ask her how she feels about pumice and pine sometime. A lazy start today, not on trail until 8:30 after…