Melinda and Bodie have made good progress. They are pretty much on schedule and are in position to see the full eclipse in totality.
However, much of central Oregon is burning and they have almost reached the northern end (traveling southbound) of about 90 miles of trail closure due to fire. Rather than try to find a way around the closures, I'll be leaving San Jose right after the eclipse and heading up there to get them.I should arrive mid-day tomorrow. We will do some car camping on our way home.
So their trip will be a little shorter than expected, but I think they have had fun. Hopefully Melinda will post here once we get back. I guess she had reasonable phone coverage in many places but couldn't make the Blogger app work on her phone.
Monday, August 21, 2017
Sunday, August 13, 2017
Melinda and Bodie swim upstream
Our son Bodie will begin his second year at UC Davis in mid-September.
He decided to join Melinda on a trip she's been planning for about a month.They flew to Portland from San Jose this morning and have recently arrived in Cascade Locks at the Bridge of the Gods.
After some lunch, they will find the trail head and start hiking south. (That's the swimming upstream part, as most folks are heading north.)
They decided to go south to increase their odds of being the eclipse totality path at the right time. Because it goes through northern Oregon, they have a 5 or 6 day hike to get into the path. If they had left the southern terminus of their planned trip at Crater Lake, it would have taken nearly 2 weeks of hiking to get there. By starting in the north, they reduce the chance of something going wrong causing them to miss the total eclipse.
There are a number of fire closures on the PCT in Oregon right now which will likely cause their plans to change. However, there's some rain going through the northern part of the state right now, which might help knock down the fires.
That's it for now, be sure to follow their progress here.
Greg for Melinda and Bodie.
He decided to join Melinda on a trip she's been planning for about a month.They flew to Portland from San Jose this morning and have recently arrived in Cascade Locks at the Bridge of the Gods.
After some lunch, they will find the trail head and start hiking south. (That's the swimming upstream part, as most folks are heading north.)
They decided to go south to increase their odds of being the eclipse totality path at the right time. Because it goes through northern Oregon, they have a 5 or 6 day hike to get into the path. If they had left the southern terminus of their planned trip at Crater Lake, it would have taken nearly 2 weeks of hiking to get there. By starting in the north, they reduce the chance of something going wrong causing them to miss the total eclipse.
There are a number of fire closures on the PCT in Oregon right now which will likely cause their plans to change. However, there's some rain going through the northern part of the state right now, which might help knock down the fires.
That's it for now, be sure to follow their progress here.
Greg for Melinda and Bodie.
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