Humans are not made to sit at computer terminals or travel by aeroplane; destiny intended something different for us. For too long now we have been estranged from the essential, which is the nomadic life: travelling on foot. A distinction must be made between hiking and travelling on foot. In today's society — though it would be ridiculous to advocate travelling on foot for everyone to every possible destination — I personally would rather do the existentially essential things in my life on foot. If you live in England and your girlfriend is in Sicily, and it is clear that you want to marry her, then you should walk to Sicily to propose. For these things travel by car or aeroplane is not the right thing. The volume and depth and intensity of the world is something that only those on foot will ever experience. -Werner Herzog
We have become strangely inspired to do something hard and long before starting our marriage, which we hope to be very long and will at times be hard. It's a challenge and an exciting opportunity to spend a great deal of time outside.
We are taking six weeks to get there and will post our route as we figure it out over the next few weeks. Roughly, we will be hiking from our front door heading up the coast just North of the San Francisco Bay and then heading inland to get up to the Medocino National Forest. From there until the Oregon border we will be in national forests (Trinity Alps, Marble Mountains etc) where we will pick up the Pacific Crest Trail that will take us right on into Portland.
We are getting our gear together and bodies (including our dog's) in shape for the journey and just can't wait to see what we will see.
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Of course we also welcome your thoughts, prayers, comments, ideas, praises, cautions etc.
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