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City: Westhampton
State: MA
Begins: Apr 8, 2014
Direction: Northbound
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Date: Sat, Jun 7th, 2014
Trip Distance: 122.0
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Etna to OREGON!
Wow, am finally in Oregon for the second time.....long story that will follow shortly. We left Etna and walked to Seiad Valley. It was one of the most beautiful walks yet. There were flowers galore in bloom and the Marble Mountains are gorgeous. I did take lots of pics and will add them when I can. The only complaint that I would have is the heat - triple digits most of the time and it is really challenging to walk all day when it is so hot. We did take every opportunity we could to jump in a brook and cool off. We walked into Seiad Valley (one of the best little trail towns there is) and ordered breakfast. Then sat outside while it got hotter and hotter. We tried to walk out of town and up (11 miles, 4500 feet of elevation climb) but Legs just didn't feel good. So we waited until it cooled off and went a little further. The following day, we started walking, but Legs could not go far. So I climbed the next mountain to find cell phone coverage and called the Seiad Valley Store owner to see if he knew of anyone that could come get us as we had stopped at a forestry road. He said he would come in a hour and a half. When he got there he said that he had decided to take Legs to the hospital. I thought "what a generous man", well, little did I know how generous. The hospital was another 2 hours away from where he picked us up! And in Oregon. In the end, Legs was diagnosed with giardia and given antibiotics. Of course it took the ER doctor three days to figure that out.
PCT
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