The Roaming Robots

October 3, 2008 - The Conclusion

2008-10-03T09:23:00.000-07:00

10/03/2008.mp3 (Conclusion)

The end

2008-09-28T13:56:00.000-07:00

So it started raining on us for days and we cut out to come back to Seattle for a few days and wait for it to clear up.....and then Raymond decided he really did not want to go back out. So I at first was pretty upset cause I really wanted to get to Canada, or at least as far as we could while the weather was still nice this weekend. And I was feeling really like we were giving up for no reason. Like if one of us were injured or if I was hating it or something then I would have been better about it. But instead it was like the forecast called for gorgeous weather this weekend and we were just going to sit at home. I figured we could have at least gotten to the next stop and then only had one more chunk to do next year, but Raymond really didn't want to go back out so we decided not to. But hopefully by this time next year we will get the last 2 sections done, and maybe go back and do the section from white pass to snoqualmie as we went RIGHT by Mt Rainier and it is supposed to be gorgeous, but we only saw white. So that and Sisters wilderness area we want to go back and do once we finish the whole trail. I really didn't have a hard time fitting back into the city like I think a lot of people do. I just wanted to finish what we had started as Canada was the goal, the finish line if you will. But we will next year and then we will have hiked the entire PCT (that we could). It really was an amazing journey and I loved it overall. I think it will be kind of nice going back and doing sections again as then we do not have to hurry and we can take our time and do like 10 miles a day instead of 20 something which will be nice. So we are home now, almost finished unpacking the boxes of stuff in our place. I do hope that some of our friends from the trail stop by on their way home when they are finished. I still cannot get over how amazing the people we met on the trail (and off) were. I am extremely greatful for everyone who helped us out at all while we were out there, from the people who put up rock cairns in places where it wa shard to find the trail, to the people who gave us rides to and from town, to the people who let us stay with them forever, to the people who sent us surprises and food on the trail and everyone in between. It was an amazing adventure and I wouldn't trade it for anything.

A sincere thank you to everyone who helped us out on this trip.

Oh and I am going to be going through the photos and labeling them and re-uploading them in the next few weeks. I will post a link the the labeled pictures once I have them up :)

September 20, 2008

2008-09-20T08:38:00.000-07:00

9/20/2008.mp3

September 18, 2008

2008-09-18T08:37:00.000-07:00

9/18/2008.mp3

September 17, 2008

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9/17/2008.mp3

September 16, 2008

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9/16/2008.mp3

September 12, 2008

2008-09-12T08:35:00.000-07:00

9/12/2008.mp3

September 11, 2008

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9/11/2008.mp3

September 7, 2008

2008-09-07T08:34:00.000-07:00

9/07/2008.mp3

September 6, 2008

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9/06/2008.mp3

September 5, 2008

2008-09-05T08:32:00.000-07:00

9/05/2008.mp3

September 4, 2008

2008-09-04T08:32:00.000-07:00

9/04/2008.mp3

September 3, 2008

2008-09-03T08:31:00.000-07:00

9/03/2008.mp3

September 2, 2008

2008-09-02T08:30:00.000-07:00

9/02/2008.mp3

August 31, 2008

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8/31/2008.mp3

August 30, 2008

2008-08-30T08:28:00.000-07:00

8/30/2008.mp3

August 29, 2008

2008-08-29T08:28:00.000-07:00

8/29/2008.mp3 part 1
8/29/2008.mp3 part 2

August 28, 2008

2008-08-28T08:26:00.000-07:00

8/28/2008.mp3

Photos

2008-08-27T11:48:00.000-07:00

Alright so here are a few photos from Yosemite to here:

Yosemite just after Donohue Pass

This was where we got our first storm. It hailed for a bit, then just poured and crazy thunder and lightning in the open fields.....kinda scary.

But by the time we left it was gorgeous!

Just outside of Yosemite we reached the 1,000 mile mark!! It was crazy fun (and mom parachuted in......only to land in a tree. have the video, but it takes too long to upload)

One of my favorite spots thus far was Sonora Pass. There were sooo many cool rocks, and the colors were beautiful!

Raymondland (as I call it as everything is named after Raymond) was my favorite so far. Unfortunatly all the beautiful colors did not really show up in the photo. It was absolutely gorgeous in person!

Lassen National park was also very awesome. All kinds of hydrothermal activity and it was awesome!

Boiling pond with bubbling mud. It was very fun

The smoke was really bad around the fire areas. It turned the moon red

I tried to eat 5 lbs of pancakes in Seiad Valley

I only made it through 1 1/2 before the taste was making me sick (I could have eatten more if not for that- and we did go and get other food right afterwards for me to eat)

The smoke was aweful coming out of there.....but we got past it in a couple of hours thankfully

And we make it to Oregon!

It was soooo hot when we got there. We had carried celebration beverages from Seiad Valley, left hem out during the night to get cold, then wrapped them in our clothes to stay cool. So we had a nice cold beer (root beer for me) to celebrate getting out of California!

We got stormed on again oputside of Crater Lake. Much bigger hail and we were hoping it would not rip through the tent!

Thor sent me an excavate a dinosaur egg thing which was a lot of fun. Now I have my fossilized dino looking out for me

Going up towards the rimof CRater Lake it was really foggy. We were hoping it would clearup by the time we got there so we could see the lake.

When we got to the rim it was white. Then it got patchy foggy so we could see a little bit.

Then by the time we got to the north side it was sunny and gorgeous! The lake really was awesome, and to think how big it is and how awesome of an explosion that must have been to make it.....it was crazy

View from our last campsite before coming to visit Raymond's grandparents. It was gorgeous

And in the morning there was crazy mist on the lake. It was pretty cool.

And that is all for now. Oh and Raymond was in charge of uploading the photos and he didn't put them in the pct folder. So if you click on the link, then on the left hand side there are albums listed click on bbarnicle 22 and the first 18 pages or so are pct pics.

Out of Califromia!!!!!

2008-08-27T10:34:00.000-07:00

So we made it to Oregon!!! We are at Raymond's grandparents right now relaxing and having fun being lazy. But we are headed out in the morning to continue on. Not much longer now and we will be in Canada! Crazy to think about. Less than a thousand miles to go.....crazy! We are uploading the rest of the photos we have taken since the last upload right now, and we were going to try and get some audio up but the computer is really slow and apparently the uploading is not working right so.....we shall see if we can get any of that before we leave. I was going to make a picture post, but it will take a while to upload so we shall see. Hope everyone is doing well!

August 23, 2008

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8/23/2008.mp3

August 22, 2008

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8/22/2008.mp3

August 21, 2008

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8/21/2008.mp3

August 19, 2008

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8/19/2008.mp3

August 18, 2008

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8/18/2008.mp3