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Lancaster & Lake Havasu City

The year started with a trip to Lancaster, CA in the high windy desert 70 miles north of Los Angeles. It’s not exactly the garden spot of California, but it is home of the Lance Camper factory. Back in March we purchased a new 21 foot Lance travel trailer and some warranty repair work neededContinue reading “Lancaster & Lake Havasu City”

Rethinking Social Media

I am rethinking social media for 2019 and will be moving updates about our adventures to the LonCooper.com blog and away from Facebook (which I mostly stopped using in 2018). We are in the middle of planning a number of adventures for 2019 — a walk across Spain on the Camino de Santiago, hiking WyomingContinue reading “Rethinking Social Media”

We Finished The Oregon PCT

Today we walked across the Bridge Of The Gods in Cascade Locks, OR to finish our hike of the Oregon section of the Pacific Crest Trail. Deb (AKA aFloat) has now hiked 2,144 miles of the PCT counting her hike across California in 2014. I have now hiked across Oregon three times on the PCTContinue reading “We Finished The Oregon PCT”

The Final 100 Miles and a Wildfire

We arrived in Olallie Lake Resort and are now down to the final 100 miles of our 430 mile hike across Oregon on the Pacific Crest Trail. Walking only 100 miles more feels a little like we are practically done, or at least this hike is winding down to its final stage. We can seeContinue reading “The Final 100 Miles and a Wildfire”

The Three Sisters

The Three Sisters Wilderness is an amazing section of the Pacific Crest Trail. When I hiked this section on my 2014 thru-hike I experienced several days of heavy rain and almost never saw the mountains. This trip the weather has been perfect, wildflowers are blooming everywhere, and the snow covered Three Sisters mountains dominate theContinue reading “The Three Sisters”

200 Miles

Today we reached the 200 mile point in our hike. This section of the Pacific Crest Trail has been really nice with lovely lakes to camp near most nights…Summit Lake, Diamond View Lake, Odell Lake, Bobby Lake and likely Brahma Lake later today. We did change our plans and detoured off the PCT briefly afterContinue reading “200 Miles”