26.5 miles of hiking • 1000' elevation gain •
After reading Karl's trip report from a few weeks ago, I just had to get back out here. Yesterday's forecast was partly sunny with no rain and that beat any potential soggy weather on the westside. We got sun in the morning and clouds in early afternoon then back to sunny sky's as the afternoon wore on. Decided once we got to the homestead that I was too close to my last day hiking goal of marathon mileage so we pushed on and took a side trip up a trail into Harris Canyon getting the extra mileage needed to end the day at 26.26 miles! Let me tell you, the last 6 miles was rough, my left hip had been giving me fits since the homestead and was getting pretty sore by this point and all I really wanted to do was go stick my tired, sore feet into the river but sadly no time. We made it back to the car about 15 min past sunset. Having averaged a pace of about 3 mph all day long. So glad to have made my final day hiking goal! I don't think I will be doing many of these and if I do again I will likely do them in the summer when the days are much longer lol.
