Day 26 – More pictures from the first Washington section

Well, it’s been an interesting experience so far on the good ole sunshine trail. To start with, the trail isn’t actually along lake Superior, it’s *near* the lake up in the hills.  Who knew? Why do none of these trails actually go along the bodies of water that you would assume they do from their…

I am quickly learning that this trail is beautiful, but also requires a much higher level of planning than I am used to.  For example, campsites are not very common and tend to be a hiker/biker sites at state parks or campsites at private RV parks. Well, I got to cannon beach last night intending…

Finished with the sunshine coast trail!  Well, as much of it as I can do, I had to bail out a little early so I could get down to Bellingham to visit a friend before I start the superior trail.  Turns out the group I was hiking with likes to sleep in, take long lunches,…

We’re getting close to the end! The past couple of days on the trail have actually been rainy, that’s really the first time this entire summer that I’ve had to hike in the rain, which is pretty amazing!  Otherwise it’s just been a lot of lovely beach walking and meeting new friends.  There was one…

Made it to Stevens Pass…  This section of the trail is absolutely gorgeous!  I really enjoyed it, of course it was a lot of constant elevation gains and drops, but once you got to the views it was oh so worth it.  And all of the snow is gone (at least trail snow), so there…