Aer Parris

The days are becoming shorter and with the impending fall falling, my hiking days and shortening as well. I love the crisp wet smell…

I walked and was drenched and then spent an entire day in Government Camp drying out. I did nothing of use, so instead of…

I woke up in the wee hours of the morning to a freezing, biting cold. I found myself in the rustic cabin, free of…

If I thought that the day a few days ago, in between our forever stay in Sisters, was terrible, I was wrong. Today was…

I know you are all probably sick of me singing praises of Oregon, but when has anything anyone else said ever stopped me? (All…

Felix and I didn’t want to hike yesterday. We were planning on taking on 17 miles between two highways, each coming home to Sisters….

Boomerang texted me: get excited about Sisters. I’ve been trying not to be too excited about any town, but I was hopeful about the…

Here is the truth about thru hiking: it is boring and lonely most of the time. It is mundane and tedious and hard and…

“I’m never gonna play hard to get when I know your life has been hard enough already. When we all know everyone’s life has…

I woke up still feeling a little sick, but mostly feeling pretty darn happy. We broke camp and headed to Shelter Cove Resort (a…

So what happens when you are a little touched because you have hiked for over four months? It could be that your hiking partner…

Crater Lake is burning. Oregon is burning. Washington is burning. The sky is thick with smoke, causing my throat to burn with each breath….