July 17 Distance today: 7.1 miles Mile marker: 259.5 Our resupply package awaits at the Summit Inn at Snoqualmie Pass. We woke up in our lakeside tent site. Fish were jumping our of the water to catch their breakfast. But they didn’t eat enough mosquitoes as we had to swat them away as we packed…

July 16 Distance today: 14.4 miles Mile marker: 252.4 Last night we camped next to a river with a pool of standing water just behind our tent. You’d expect lots of mosquitoes, right? No! For some reason it was shockingly mosquito free. Today, we had a long climb out: 2600′ in 5.1 miles. It was…

July 15 Distance today: 18.8 miles Mile marker: 238.1 We’re getting faster packing up camp. We’re also sleeping past our alarm. Combined, we’re starting our hike at around the same time every day. Trail was cruisey and not too rocky. We powered for the first 6 miles with no interruptions. The river we crossed had…

July 14 Distance today: 19.3 miles Mile marker: 219.3 The campsite we had last night was one of the best so far. A pristine mountain lake watched over by jagged rocky peaks. Thankfully, the rocks didn’t choose last night to tumble down the hill. We had a decent climb out from the lake and over…

July 13 Distance today: 17.2 miles Mile marker: 200.0 At 7am, we were pushing south to Stevens Pass. The trail got easier and wider the closer we got to the trailhead. We eventually heard highway before we saw it. Cars are loud and obnoxious. They should make them quieter. It’s quite jarring to hear the…

July 12 Distance today: 16.8 miles Mile marker: 182.8 We didn’t quite make it to the lake we were aiming for yesterday. But we didn’t necessarily need the miles and we wouldn’t be swimming in a lake if we arrived after 7pm. So then today we passed the lake around 10am and of course had…

July 11 Distance today: 19.8 miles Mile marker: 166.0 This morning was cold and we didn’t want to get out of our tent. We snoozed through our 5:30 alarm to finally get up a little after 6am. Our hope that a dry night might lead to dry clothes were dashed by the morning dew that…

July 10 Distance today: 14.8 miles Mile marker: 146.2 We were camping in a cloud. Which sounds lovely until you remember that clouds are 100% relative humidity and cold. We called in a weather report at 5am hoping that would somehow change fate. It didn’t. But it offered a glimmer of hope: a break in…

July 9 Distance today: 16.2 miles Mile marker: 131.5 Thinking we’d beat the heat with an early start, we woke at 5:30. Ha! But the long day was certainly needed. The trail leading away from camp started a bit cruisey, then we came across some blowndowns. Then there was the bushwacking. Then there was the…

July 8 Distance today: 19.5 miles Mile marker: 115.1 We passed the 100 miles from the border today! We’re 2/53ish the way to Mexico! Last night was a bit later than we would’ve liked. The last section of trail was a bit steep and bush wacky. But we had more climbing yet this morning and…

July 7 Distance today: 15.1 miles Mile marker: 95.6 The vacation away from the trail came to an end as we prepared for a long climb out of Stehekin Valley following the Agnes Creek. We woke up to a mostly empty campsite. Those not picking up a box got on the early bus to get…

July 6 Distance today: 0.0 miles* Mile marker: 80.7 Because we were committed to taking a zero day (no trail miles), we slept in til past 8am only to find the campsite nearly abandoned. It seems everyone else was making their way out of town today. We assumed that a new influx of hikers would…

July 5 Distance today: 5.0 miles Mile marker: 80.7 We stayed at the Bridge Creek campsite at North Cascades National Park last night. We ran into a fellow hiker yesterday who claimed they might have covid and was trying to get the first bus into Stehekin. We opted to have a slower morning and take…

July 4 Distance today: 21.9 miles Mile marker: 75.7 We started the day slow, blowing past our 6am alarm to finally wake at 6:45. When we got moving out of our mosquito infested campsite, we immediately stumbled upon some weekend backpackers out with their dog. They were curious about Alex’s bear can strapped to the…

July 3 Not a bad day! We just hit our lowest elevation yet. Distance today: 17.4 miles Mile marker: 53.8 We woke up at camp early to get a jump on the day. Before we left, a brave marmot crept into camp probably looking for snacks. We had a short ascent then a long, long…

July 2 Distance today: 16.8 miles Mile marker: 36.4 Today was a relatively easy day. We woke up after everyone else at our site and left camp right at 8am. At 10, we stopped for an early lunch. Jason stomached some potato mac surprise; not burnt, just not very good. Alex had mushroom garlic orzo,…

July 1 Distance today: 15.9 miles Mile marker: 19.6 After tagging the border and truly making our way southbound, today’s miles actually counted towards the 2650 indicated on the monument. There were several people at the campsite. We woke up from their waking up. We broke came before 8am and began a tedious day. We…

June 30 Distance today: 18.4 miles Mile marker: 3.7 Day two started a bit slower than we would’ve liked. Jason took a Benadryl to soothe his mosquito bites and it dragged the morning out a bit, but we made great progress for the day. We started by finishing the climb out of the valley and…

June 29 Distance today: 15.9 miles Mile marker: -14.7 The first day felt pretty good! We covered about 15.9 miles and camped just under Rock Pass. Wayyy more mosquitoes than we expected. And not even a slight breeze to shake them away. Jason took the brunt of the mosquitoes, though. We’re really glad we tested…

Turns out the north Cascades don’t have a lot of phone service. We haven’t been able to post any pictures or updates, but everything is going great! Hopefully we’ll have a bit more service as we get further south.