Author: neil

Despite yesterday’s heat that necessitated a cool-down in Swan Lake, we woke early to a cool 48 degree morning, so the mountain climate is still doing its magic thing. Less magic was the flat we discovered on Rett’s rear tire shortly after leaving the campground. You always feel “ugh, why didn’t we check the tires…

Ok, sorry, I lied about last night being out last encounter with hiker/biker site thieves. No, last night’s guys didn’t come back, this was a guy whose tent had already been set up here for a couple nights, but who we hadn’t seen. This morning, I finally see him, and he’s packing up to leave.…

Day 5 We moved yesterday’s early wakeup time 30 minutes earlier, to 4:30am. That allowed us to get to the shuttle bus stop at 6:30am. There was already enough of a line that we didn’t get on the first shuttle at 7am, but we just fit on the second around 7:15am. That means we hit…

Day 4 A couple days ago, on our first day at the C-loop hiker/biker site, we met two other legit cycling pairs, both doing a cross-country west-to-east. The first two were from Portland, young and dumb and unprepared, with one of them riding a skinny-tired road bike whose lowest gear (30-23) is what Rett would…

Day 2 We woke to another form of hiker/biker site crime. I had seen that all four slots at our A-loop site had been reserved for last night. Yet, we were the only souls present for the day and night. Since you can only book the sites 1 day in advance, did this mean 3-to-6…