Here’s Washington (part 1).

Crossing the Bridge of the Gods into Washington.

After so many hot days in Oregon, I was so happy to finally have some cold mornings. After hearing how cold WA was supposed to be, I even packed in a heavy fleece and a stove. Didn’t end up needing either of these items. My fleece made a nice pillow.

My first and only view of Mt. Adams. It rained all night.

Volcanic rock under Mt. Adams.

Cascade Locks to White Pass is a 148 mile stretch between resupply (I chose not to go into Trout Lake). Normally I eat whatever I want from my food bag, but on this particular stretch I ended up pretty low on food with 3 days to go. It also just happened that this stretch was packed full of huckleberries. One handful of huckleberries: 50 calories. Calories burned in an hour: 500. 10 handfuls of huckleberries per hour – the trail provides!

Desolate road crossing.

Pine marten.

Fog in the Mt. Adams wilderness.

Goat Rocks! A much anticipated portion of the trail.

Up next – finishing the trail and somehow getting back to Berkeley!

andrew batjiaka

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Sitting at Stevens Pass! Made it through White Pass, and Snoqualmie. Very limited internet here, so photos will have to wait. Only 193 miles left. It seems weird to be this close. I’m relaxing on the trail, even though the last three days consisted of 18,000 feet of elevation gain. Soon this journey will be over and I’ll return to civilization, but for now I’m going to soak it all in and try to make sense of this whole adventure and everything that’s happened in the last 5 months. The northern Cascades have been incredible so far, and the best is yet to come.

Stehekin and then Canada next!

andrew batjiaka

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