Getting in Touch

Leaving tomorrow! And finally I have a rough schedule for you. The dates will certainly change and I will try to update them here. I believe at most stops I will have either cell service or wifi, so I will have some ability to read/respond to email, text, and Facebook communication.

excited — Estimated excitement levels at receiving your letter

We also welcome physical correspondence! Post cards, letters, or parcels. Please let me know if you send something so I can tell the post office how many items I’m expecting. A text or email early enough that I can get it at the stop before would be ideal. Use USPS, not UPS or FedEx. It can take longer for mail to reach some of these little towns so something sent 1 week ahead of our ETA may not reach us (more for some classes of mail). Post offices only hold mail for 30 days so something sent 5 weeks ahead of our ETA could be sent back. I think 2 to 4 weeks ahead of our ETA is the safe zone.

Date	Location	Mile	Address
4/28	Campo	0
4/30	Mount Laguna	42.3
5/4	Warner Springs	109.6	Morgan Marks PCT Hiker, ETA: 5/4/17 General Delivery Warner Springs, CA 92086
5/8	Idyllwild	178.6
5/15	Big Bear City	274.1
5/20	Wrightwood	363.6
5/27	Agua Dulce	454.4
6/3	Tehachapi	566.6	Louise and Morgan Marks PCT Hikers, ETA 6/3/17 General Delivery Tehachapi, CA 93581
6/11	Kennedy Meadows	702.8
6/18	Independence	790	Louise and Morgan Marks PCT Hikers, ETA 6/18/17 General Delivery Independence, CA 93526
6/25	Red’s Meadow/ Mammoth Lakes	906.6
7/1	Sonora Pass	1018.3
7/5	South Lake Tahoe	1094.5
7/11	Sierra City	1197.6	Louise and Morgan Marks PCT Hikers, ETA 7/11/17 General Delivery Sierra City, CA 96125
7/15	Belden	1289.2
7/21	Burney Falls State Park	1423.6	Morgan and Louise Marks PCT Hikers, ETA 7/21/17 c/o Burney Park Camp Store McArthur Burney Falls State Park 24900 State Highway 89 Burney, CA 96013
7/28	Etna	1606.3
7/30	Seiad Valley	1662.1
8/2	Ashland (Callahan’s lodge)	1726.6
8/10	Crater Lake National Park (Mazama)	1830.4	Louise and Morgan Marks c/o Mazama Village Camper Store Mazama Village Crater Lake, OR 97604
8/14	Elk Lake Resort	1958.3
8/16	Big Lake Youth Camp	2000.9	Louise and Morgan Marks c/o Big Lake Youth Camp 13100 Highway 20 Sisters, OR 97759
8/20	Timberline Lodge	2107.3
8/22	Cascade Locks	2155.1
8/28	White Pass	2302.8
9/3	Snoqualmie Pass	2401.8	Morgan Marks PCT Hiker, ETA 9/7/17 General Delivery c/o Chevron Station Snoqualmie Pass, WA 98068
9/7	Stevens Pass	2476.3
9/11	Stehekin	2574.1	Morgan Marks PCT Hiker, ETA 9/11/17 c/o General Delivery Post Office Stehekin, WA 98852
9/15	Manning Park Resort	2663.5

8 thoughts on “Getting in Touch”

Morgan, I’ve been following your posts and wish you all the best luck in the world. Much love to you. You go, girl!

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morganlmarks says:

April 26, 2017 at 4:35 pm

Thanks Meredith!

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Haha and George (the cat) will remain very unphased by us receiving mail!!

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Morgan- it’s finally time to GO. I wish you strength and happiness and interesting trail friends along the way! Can’t wait to hear your trail name. And if the going ever gets tough or you are lonesome , take deep breaths , read some Walt Whitman and know that all of us are out here loving you from afar!

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Morgan–I really enjoyed your posts. I am so excited for you and Louise. I grew up backpacking on the Appalachian Trial on family trips but NEVER anything like this. WOW–what an adventure! Love all your prep work and thoughts on entertaining your thoughts on the long journey.

Sally Rhoad

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What a wonderful adventure ahead of you!! Uncle Michael and I send you and Weez lots of love and big hugs!! We look forward to your news from the trail!

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