September 29, 2019 “Done is better than perfect” Read my Oregon Coast Trail anthology: Oregon Coast Trail Beach Walking Discovery Since John and I completed the Oregon Coast Trail and drove south through California to Borrego Springs and our winter home at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, I’ve been compiling the blogposts that I wrote during …
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Oregon Coast Trail: Amanda
August 28, 2019 Although I have been disappointed by the roadwalking along 101, my suffering pales to that of Amanda, the Yachats woman, and the thousands of others, who were cheated out of their homeland here, tortured, murdered, and forced to walk along the lava rock coast to an encampment. It would have taken great …
Oregon Coast Trail: Whale of a Day
August 25, 2019 On which we walked big miles, made a big leap in our thruhiking style, and saw some really big creatures! Adding a few more words or phrases to the words above, like in one of those grammar games, we walked something like sixteen miles, starting our day at 5 a.m. at Devil’s …
Oregon Coast Trail: Stamina
August 24, 2019 I awoke with gratitude for being in the quiet green spaciousness of the Cascade Head rainforest. Our choice to stop our forced march to the Sea Echo Motel in Lincoln City and sleep in this forest was a good one! This is what we needed! The stop also broke up our road …
Oregon Coast Trail: Water Shuttles
August 21, 2019 “$40 cash would make that happen” I heard the voice on the phone say. John was arranging a shuttle across Netarts Bay with Zach at Big Spruce RV. This would be our third water shuttle in three days on our walk of the Oregon Coast Trail. It was 1 o’clock in the …
Oregon Coast Trail: Underway
August 14, 2019 Our first three miles of the Oregon Coast Trail is a shakedown for the rest of the trip. The Fort Stevens State Park staff who registered us for the Hiker Biker Site said we could park our van there for the extent of our trip! They are really supporting us as hikers, …
Oregon Coast Trail: First Day
August 15, 2019 I walked all day along the beach and didn’t have to turn back. Last Spring, while walking on the beach in San Diego, I wondered what it would be like to just keep walking along the coast, all the way to Washington. Today, on our first full day on the coast of …
Big Sur and Dreams
June 7, 2019 One refreshing and challenging aspect of my partnership with Hiker John is that he takes me to new places! This week’s place was an area of California that’s completely different from the desert! Big Sur. Meaning the big south, it’s the 90-mile stretch of the Pacific Coast between San Simeon and Carmel, …
What If?
January 31, 2018 My Super Blue Blood Moon experience today filled my senses with awe and my soul with awakening! A few days ago I realized that the view I would get from my employee housing here at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park would limit my experience to just the beginning of the totality phase of …
Job Advice Please
January 21, 2018 Summer is coming! Every year for the past seven years, the ATC offers me a ridgerunning job! I love that job! It’s work I enjoy doing and feel good at, and the venue is the absolute best for me. It’s in the dream job category of getting paid to do something I …