8 miles. 90 degree heat. 4 liters of water (that’s 135 oz). 1 rattlesnake encounter. YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT. 10,000 (or so) Saguaro cacti. 1 hell of a hike. I’ll keep this post short and sweet. Mainly because I am sore, hungry, and falling asleep at 7pm after conquering the hike this morning. Bear…
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Travel Tuesday: Upper Crystal Lake
Today marks two weeks since we drove into the beautiful Pacific Northwest. The day we drove in it was above 80 degrees and all the vegetation was dry and yellowing. Not quite what we had pictured. Apparently the area around I5 has been experiencing some abnormally high temperatures and abnormally low amounts of rain. Luckily…