The weather looked like a classic fall weekend. I didn’t think we’d get another backpack trip in this year, but with the weather report the writing was on the wall. We’d head to the mountains for a hike. The video and story from the weekend follow. Give them a look, and we hope you enjoy following along!
As mentioned in the last post, it’s been a pretty smoky summer. Oregon and California have been on fire since June. Labor Day weekend took the smoke to a whole new level. Hazardous air quality with smoke so thick there were times we couldn’t see the shore while out fishing Odell.
We awoke to a glorious early sunrise as the sun climbed it's way over the continental divide. It hit the tent nearly 3 hours earlier than the day before. The benefits of being on a ridge instead of in a deep valley on a crisp fall morning. Morning sun on camp. Tent is middle frame. As soon as we arrived it seemed it was already time to leave. You can only carry so much food,…