Mary Ready to Go Hiking!

Mary, and her son Michael had planned this hike for a long time, over a year. They intended to hike from the California border to the Washington border on the Pacific Crest Trail.

All of their trail rations had been planned and packaged and the pack had been planned down to the last detail. Michael had laid out the trip that was to take about 5 weeks from start to finish. Michael had just gotten his Engineering degree from Oregon State University and wanted to make the hike before he started a new job. They left on the 2nd of August for Medford where Mary's brother lives. On Friday morning, the 3rd of August, Mary's brother took them to the start of the trail and dropped them off.

Mary is shown here with her 45 pound pack (looks . . . and felt a lot heavier).