So after a fun weekend of mushball, my friend Jaclyn decided that she would like to go with me for the next 4 day stretch before my sisters bridal shower. So we made it up to Bend on Sunday night and made a plan to meet up with Matt, Dane, Lizzie, Adam, and Katie. We holed up in a hotel and got one last good shower and filled ourselves on Taco Bell before getting to sleep. In the morning we met up with the Eastlick/Christ/Kraus clan for coffee and made an even better plan. Matt took us up to the trailhead in Adam's Jeep and Dane, Lizzie and Matt dropped my car off for me and Jaclyn at Santiam pass. After a quick stop at REI for me to get my pack replaced we headed out. We made it to the trailhead at around 3 in the afternoon and managed to get 13 miles in the first day. Jaclyn felt good but could already feel some blisters forming. That night we camped with 5 other hikers, had a nice campfire, and made some great buffalo chicken wraps from a mountain house I had been saving for about 1000 miles... it had been my extra dinner. The next day we decided to do 25 so that we could line ourselves up to be out early on Thursday. Jaclyn kept up the whole day, we went through some great meadows with really nice views, passed by Sisters Mirror Lake and I went for a swim. We treated all of our water which was new for me but I really didn't want to give Jaclyn Giardia on her first backpacking trip!! That night was incredibly cold, and the sleeping bag that we had dug up for Jaclyn didn't zip so she didn't get much sleep. The next day we did a 20 miler, ran into one of the Indiana boys, Matt who I had met in the desert and his girlfriend Kerry and hung out with them for portions of the day, it was nice to see him again and meet his girlfriend. We also ran into Oneton and Anchorman that day and ended up camping with them that night. Anchorman is from Bend so he was knowledgeable about the burn area we were walking through and the lava field, so he was interesting to have around. Jaclyn's feet really started to bug her this day, with blisters and walking on lava rock! She did a really good job not complaining though, and keeping going even though she had to be hurting. We got to camp early that night and settled in for a nice night chatting by the fire before heading off to bed, Jaclyn staying up to be by the fire longer than the rest of us since her sleeping bag wasn't the best. Just for the record I did offer Jac my sleeping bag but she wouldn't take it, either because she is just to nice or it smelled to bad, not sure. The next day, me and Jaclyn finished off the last 12 miles of our hike together, making it to Santiam Pass, going by the 2000 mile marker and going past the 3/4 mark of my hike!! At Santiam Pass Anchorman's dad had was waiting with fresh fruit and cold beer, which was a great reward for Jaclyn, and her first birthday present!! It wasn't all that bad for the rest of us either. This was a great section for me because I had a friend with me and it made the time go by much faster during the day and the camps were nice at night even though we had to squeeze into my little tent. After getting off the trail we drove to the Zanotti's and they were nice enough to provide us with much needed showers and a place to stay and celebrate Jaclyn's birthday with Christa, Ben and Carly!! The next day we all headed down to Etna for Kari's wedding celebrations. I am planning to head back out to the trail on Tuesday, only 150 miles left in Oregon!!
So after a fun weekend of mushball, my friend Jaclyn decided that she would like to go with me for the next 4 day stretch before my sisters bridal shower. So we made it up to Bend on Sunday night and made a plan to meet up with Matt, Dane, Lizzie, Adam, and Katie. We holed up in a hotel and got one last good shower and filled ourselves on Taco Bell before getting to sleep. In the morning we met up with the Eastlick/Christ/Kraus clan for coffee and made an even better plan. Matt took us up to the trailhead in Adam's Jeep and Dane, Lizzie and Matt dropped my car off for me and Jaclyn at Santiam pass. After a quick stop at REI for me to get my pack replaced we headed out. We made it to the trailhead at around 3 in the afternoon and managed to get 13 miles in the first day. Jaclyn felt good but could already feel some blisters forming. That night we camped with 5 other hikers, had a nice campfire, and made some great buffalo chicken wraps from a mountain house I had been saving for about 1000 miles... it had been my extra dinner. The next day we decided to do 25 so that we could line ourselves up to be out early on Thursday. Jaclyn kept up the whole day, we went through some great meadows with really nice views, passed by Sisters Mirror Lake and I went for a swim. We treated all of our water which was new for me but I really didn't want to give Jaclyn Giardia on her first backpacking trip!! That night was incredibly cold, and the sleeping bag that we had dug up for Jaclyn didn't zip so she didn't get much sleep. The next day we did a 20 miler, ran into one of the Indiana boys, Matt who I had met in the desert and his girlfriend Kerry and hung out with them for portions of the day, it was nice to see him again and meet his girlfriend. We also ran into Oneton and Anchorman that day and ended up camping with them that night. Anchorman is from Bend so he was knowledgeable about the burn area we were walking through and the lava field, so he was interesting to have around. Jaclyn's feet really started to bug her this day, with blisters and walking on lava rock! She did a really good job not complaining though, and keeping going even though she had to be hurting. We got to camp early that night and settled in for a nice night chatting by the fire before heading off to bed, Jaclyn staying up to be by the fire longer than the rest of us since her sleeping bag wasn't the best. Just for the record I did offer Jac my sleeping bag but she wouldn't take it, either because she is just to nice or it smelled to bad, not sure. The next day, me and Jaclyn finished off the last 12 miles of our hike together, making it to Santiam Pass, going by the 2000 mile marker and going past the 3/4 mark of my hike!! At Santiam Pass Anchorman's dad had was waiting with fresh fruit and cold beer, which was a great reward for Jaclyn, and her first birthday present!! It wasn't all that bad for the rest of us either. This was a great section for me because I had a friend with me and it made the time go by much faster during the day and the camps were nice at night even though we had to squeeze into my little tent. After getting off the trail we drove to the Zanotti's and they were nice enough to provide us with much needed showers and a place to stay and celebrate Jaclyn's birthday with Christa, Ben and Carly!! The next day we all headed down to Etna for Kari's wedding celebrations. I am planning to head back out to the trail on Tuesday, only 150 miles left in Oregon!!
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