Doom on the Oregon PCT
Your faithful blogger is reporting in from the field where doom and despair are appearing around every turn. Sure, I am being melodramatic, but I suspect the two pints of blood lost thanks to the swarms of Mosquitos last night are partly to blame. That and the resulting diseases likely flowing in my veins. Then, no less than four thunderstorms ripped through the Three Sisters Wilderness last night. Though, there is something to be said for camping at 6,000 feet, opening your tent door, and seeing the lightning striking the mountains at eye level.
Kathryn and I are, currently, inside the tent listening to the patter of rain drops and the thunder growing closer for what may be a second night of storms. Now, the sign at the trailhead this afternoon recommended, in bold letters at the very top, that "you do not enter the Mt. Jefferson wilderness" and that those in the vicinty might be "subject to an immediate evacuation" because of possible uncontolled, lightning started forest fires.
I took a picture of the sign as it seemed so wonderfully foreboding, and I will post it when I get back. You know, if I make it back...
Kathryn and I are, currently, inside the tent listening to the patter of rain drops and the thunder growing closer for what may be a second night of storms. Now, the sign at the trailhead this afternoon recommended, in bold letters at the very top, that "you do not enter the Mt. Jefferson wilderness" and that those in the vicinty might be "subject to an immediate evacuation" because of possible uncontolled, lightning started forest fires.
I took a picture of the sign as it seemed so wonderfully foreboding, and I will post it when I get back. You know, if I make it back...
– Posted: August 18, 2008, 06:50 pm