Geo: 45.3308, -121.71Our flight left GSP at 5:30 AM, which meant getting up at “0 dark thirty” on Tuesday for the drive to the airport. The early departure from home allowed us to arrive in Portland around 11 AM (PDT) and then drive on to the Timberline Lodge where we would spend the next two nights. The author of the book “Wild” had described the sections in Oregon in such a way as to make the trail seem like a good one for day hikes, with relatively easy access to scenic sections at several points . The most promising was access from this iconic, historical Timberline Lodge on the south flank of Mount Hood where she had rested overnight before her final 50 miles to the Oregon/Washington border where she ended her hike. The trail crosses
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