More pictures from the end.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Day 139 10/1 23mi.
WE DID IT!!!!!! We made it to Canada!! After 135 days of hiking and 4 zero days we completed our journey from the Mexican border to the Canadian border!!
Chatterbox, Dr. Huss, and I woke up and got moving around 8 it was another crystal clear day. We walked separately for the first 7.5 miles until we reached the high point of the day at 7000 feet. We all met up there and walked the last 7 miles to the border together. Just before the monument we got a good view of about 10 foot wide line cleared through the woods. So we knew that was the border and we were almost there. The three of us walked across the line into Canada together.
The best way I can think of to describe ariving at the border is a bittersweet feeling. It felt great to have completed our goal that we have been working towards for 4 1/2 months. But it also felt quite sad for the trip to be coming to an end. We had a lot of fun this summer, we had a ton of great experiences and met a lot of great people along the way. It was time for the trip to end and we're both glad we didn't have to deal with much cold, rain, or snow storms through Washington, or for that matter the trip in general. We've both been looking forward to getting home as well though, we can't wait to see everyone from back home. I can't wait to start a new chapter in my life with my beautiful finance.
We both feel really lucky to have had this great experience and want to thank everyone who helped us along the way, whether it was a ride to town, sending us food, giving us encouragement, or anything else, we wouldn't have been able to do it without all the support.
The trip as well as this blog are dedicated to our father who always encouraged us to spend time outside, exercise, travel, push ourselves, and have fun with life. He taught us to love nature and this trip likely would have never happened if it wasn't for him. He is also the reason I kept this blog he would have loved the idea of this. So thank you pops, this one was for you!
I hoped you all enjoyed reading about our adventures and looking at our pictures.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Day 138 9/30 25mi.
Today was our last full day on trail, we should be finishing up tomorrow. We woke up today to a crystal clear day. There was no smoke or clouds in the air, and it was an excellent day for it. We spent most of the day walking up high above the trees, there were spectacular views of rugged mountains in every direction.
This morning we passed the last road before Canada so there were a lot of day hikers out. We stopped for a snack while at the road and a woman came over and gave Chatterbox, Dr. Huss, and I two peaches!!
We stayed up high for most of the rest of the day and camped in spme trees near a small spring.
Day 137 9/29 24mi.
It started drizzling on us in the middle of the night, Chatterbox woke me up and we both set up our tents as quick as we could and went bacl to sleep.
Luckily it wasn't raining when we got up but our tents were soaked. We spent some time hiking up high above the trees today, the views were blocked a bit by low clouds. We moved along quickly today and got to camp by 6:30, which is really early for us.
We made a campfire to hang out around and cooked smores that Dr. Huss brought out and was nice enough to share with us.
Day 136 9/28 17mi.
We woke up got our packs all ready to go and then went over and stuffed ourselves full of breakfast. The three of us caught the 11:15 bus out of town we made a stop at the bakery to pick people up so we ran in and got a few more things for lunch. There were 17 hikers on the bus back out as well, the trail was crowded heading out of town.
Chatterbox and I went on farther than we planned because there were no campsites around. We finally gave up looking for a used site and cowboy camped in small flat area right next to the trail.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)