Three Sisters Wilderness Mini Backpacking Trip

 As life rushes along and we cater to the velocity and ferocity at which it goes by forgetting to stop and take breathes or stare at something other than a screen, something else grows.  There is a lion urge in each of us, I believe, that calls us to the wild and unknown, untamed.  This yearning can only be ignored for so long.

Recently, I fed my lion for a couple days and explored a bit of the Three Sisters Wilderness.  A fellow adventurer friend and I decided that even if it meant only two days into the wild, that was better than no days at all. We threw together our backpacking gear and raced out of the city, taking the scenic route to Bend.

We hiked in from the top of the Jeep trail about 2.5 miles until we found where we wanted to camp.  We had gotten a later start since we had to drive the 4 hours from Portland so the sun was setting as we pitched our tent and did our best to make a fire with some seriously wet wood.  There was snow on the ground and the wind picked up at night so we huddled together as best as we could to stay warm until the morning when we left our campsite to wander along part of the Pacific Crest Trail to three beautiful lakes hidden away behind Broken Top Mountain.  

The beautiful thing about this trip was how short but refreshing it was.  In the same time it usually takes to catch up on chores or laze around until Monday hits again, we went hiking through pristine, remote wilderness and re-energized our minds while toughening our bodies.  Invaluable.