Looks great John:thumbup: At least a part of me got to make this journey
Wish I could have been with you guys. That trip looks, just amazing.
Thanks for posting all those pics.
Nick
Thanks for making a great knife, Nick! :thumbup:
Great visit by a charming couple - Very good to meet you two!!
They came over to grab a couple of showers, and hang out in the yard for a bit.
Good to meet BOOMSTICK, and hang out again with SnakeDoc and 360joules.
Even got to fondle Tradja's "Washington" Knife:
Oh and; there were a few other knives there... Tradja's turn to fondle:
Couldn't help but notice my Howling Rat seems to have stowed away; hope it serves you well!
Wish the visit could have been longer, and look forward to meeting up with you good folks again!
Kathleen and I wish you the best of luck, and a Great, GREAT rest of the Hike!!
Gotta agree with 360joules: "... truly envious."
Cheers,
8
Thanks 8! It was really great to meet you finally. We've both been talking about the Cascade Locks get-together since. We look forward to getting together with y'all in the future.
River-8 and Kathleen have a SWEET south-facing lot overlooking the Columbia Gorge. Thanks for the hospitality and the Howling Rat loaner! Your fatwood-locating demo was an epiphany as well. I quickly found a bunch of it (only below 2000ft so far) and it has been very useful in this week's rain. I gotta ask: what brand firesteel is the one you loaned me? It really sparks hot!
Boomer showed up at the trailhead with a cooler full of Snickers, fruit, Gatorade, etc, and restocked me on critical duct tape and paracord. Having hiked most of the trail in 99, he knows what hikers need!
Took me a few days to recover from the pointed puns. ARGH.
Nice collection!
The LBK there should get some decent use going north, I'm really eager to get reports, as always.
Yeah, River-8 has quite the assortment of enviable steel! The LBK is a champ -- pics to follow.
Agh! I was looking for more pics, and all I get is a bunch of hillbillies gloating and rubbing it in, how they got to hang out with Mr. and Mrs. Tradja.
And only one of them bothers to post pics...
Jeez, what is this thread coming too?
Well, glad you guys had fun anyways, hope the rest of your trip goes well, and as always, I'm anxiously awaiting for new pics and updates.:thumbup:
What did somebody say earlier about vicariously???
Ok, ok, here we go:
Tonight we are at Snoqualmie Pass, WA at the lovely
Howard Johnsons Summit Inn for the evening. We are not "hotel people", but it was our 6 year anniversary on Saturday and it's been raining since shortly after we left River-8's place. It is really roughing it: the restaurant is closed for renovation and the hot tub is down.
We're doing mostly 27-mile days to get to Stevens Pass by Thursday night to catch our flight to that wedding, then back to the trail on Sunday to finish up the last 200 miles/8 days. I'll be online this weekend.
Let's see; where did I leave off. Oh yeah, northern CA. Since then, I carried the Scott Gossman UFK (
Utility
Field
Knife) and Murray Carter Neck Knife the length of Oregon (and a bit of NorCal). Both have been excellent, lightweight camp/trail companions.
Let me get this posted while the photos upload and before the hotel lobby PC times out. The next several posts will be mostly pics...
