Last week Ryan and I went on a 30 mile backpacking excursion into The Bull of The Woods Wilderness just east of Salem, OR. It was a loop hike, so we stashed the car and headed up the mountain. The first part of the hike was a 1000 foot elevation gain in 3 miles and I was a bit leary to start out with such a climb. Thankfully Ryan had just finished the final Harry Potter book and talked about it for 4 miles straight. It was a great way to start the journey. By the end of day 1 we had hiked about 6 miles and camped at the very secluded, twin lakes. For dinner we ate our own concoction of stovetop stuffing, dry gravy mix and pouch-chicken. It was delicious but it looked like gruel. We decided to call it "Trail Dumplings; aka Prison Chicken".

You can read all about it on my blog entry HERE.

Hope you enjoy our recap as much as we enjoyed conquering this trail.

Thanks!

McKay and Ryan Marshall