by Liz "Snorkel" Thomas | Mar 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
Northeast Portland has been the poster child for gentrification in a city that has been the poster child for gentrification nationwide. Today I hiked past the biggest examples of Portlandia today—the tiny house hotel, wooden high rises next to graffiti covered...
by Liz "Snorkel" Thomas | Mar 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
On the first Portland rainy day of the hike, we left the Sunnyside neighborhood and headed to the northern Mt. Tabor area to hit up some neighborhood stairs that we didn’t catch on the day we walked through the park. My friend So Far joined us—a guide for Portland...
by Liz "Snorkel" Thomas | Mar 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
This was the day I was looking forward to the most—an extremified version of the classic Portland urban hike, the 4 T Trail—a ~4 mile hike that takes travelers via trolley, train, trail, and tram in a loop through the west side of the city. In addition to...
by Liz "Snorkel" Thomas | Mar 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
A cool thing about urban thru-hiking is how easy it is for your friends to join you along on a trip. This morning, my good friend Allgood and his four-legged friend Karluk met us in the morning as we walked through the beautiful iconic Mt. Tabor neighborhood. Portland...
by Liz "Snorkel" Thomas | Mar 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
Today seemed like the ultimate day of Portlandness—the expected, the unexpected, the tight community, the homelessness, the industrial, and nature. Another highlight of the Southeast this morning was the Portland Pint Size Puppet Museum. It wasn’t open when we...
by Liz "Snorkel" Thomas | Mar 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
Portland Hike: Day 1 Starting Point: The most southwest corner of Portland near PCC Sylvania End point: Sellwood near Oak Bottoms Mileage: 19.2 miles Many locals don’t know how far south and west Portland City Limits actually goes. We started by Portland Community...
by Liz "Snorkel" Thomas | Mar 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
As I write this, I’m on a plane from Denver to Portland to begin a 210+ mile urban hike of the city of Portland. The Rose City has been my home away from home (and the trail) for the past few years and people have been telling me pretty much from the moment I started...
by Liz "Snorkel" Thomas | Mar 10, 2016 | Gear-NEW
This week, my sponsor Altra Zero Drop shoes launched a brand new clothing line. Footwear companies having their own running clothes follows the footsteps (excuse the pun), of other running companies like Nike, Adidas, etc., but–just as with Altra’s...
by Liz "Snorkel" Thomas | Mar 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
I’ve always been able to live with being a little less happy in the off-season in the short term because I could tell myself “it’ll all be better soon. You’ll be hiking in 4 short months.” I’m beginning to think that rather than postponing happiness until hiking...
by Liz "Snorkel" Thomas | Feb 23, 2016 | camping, Gear, Gear List, Hike, hiking, quick start, Thru Hike, Tips and Tricks, Trail
23 May, 2018 Camping Hiking Gear Choose your backpacking gear based on how you spend time outdoors. Are you camping or hiking? Gear guru Glen Van Peski explains with the Camping-Hiking Spectrum. Backpacking stops being fun when we don’t have the right gear...
