Socks and boots dry in the sun near the West Coast Trail's Michigan Creek (photo by Brian Leukart)

West Coast Trail: Days 6 - 8 Photographs.

Crab, mussel, finger Ocean waves and rocks Mussels Many mussels Hank crossing a surge channel Forest trail through brush Rocky beach view Tree stump on beach Hank on forest trail Beach and river Suspension bridge Cougar and Bear in Area signs Big tree on forest trail Forest trail wooden walkway Blue and white flowers Ocean view with eagle and trees Crab at Nitinaht Narrows ferry dock The ferry crossing at Nitinat Narrows Nitinaht Narrows ferry Green plant Seastar, mussel, and sea urchin Hank at Hole in the Wall point Beach view with driftwood Bird on beach with driftwood Brian on bench with ocean view Snake eating slug with feet Brian in forest Brian on ladder Brian kneeling down on beach rocks Derelict donkey engine Shipwreck on beach Tree growing sideways on beach Whales from Michigan Beach Socks and boots dry in the sun near the West Coast Trail's Michigan Creek (photo by Brian Leukart) Hiking boots and socks on driftwood Brian in misty forest Pachena Point lighthouse mileage signs Pachena Point lighthouse Bamfield intersection and telephone booth Bamfield harbor Bamfield harbor Bamfield Marine Sciences Center view Bus from Bamfield to Port Renfrew A strangely uncoordinated beach yoga session after a long hike

read more: a backwards, morally-ambiguous fairy tales slumber party. a hilarious story-telling game fuels the end of a long trek.

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Mountains shrouded in fog behind Refugio Lago Paine in Chilean Patagonia's Torres del Paine National Park.

Adopted by Kiwis in Chilean Patagonia.

Hiking the Torres del Paine Circuit on another family's vacation.

Michela

Skating by.

Understanding the post-feminist ethos of roller derby.

The ruins in Copán, Honduras include a Mesoamerican ballgame court.

How to win your ex-girlfriend back (in Honduras)

A Central American love story.

A cable car hangs overhead as a hiker adjusts his tent (photo by Brian Leukart)

Trekking the Graveyard of the Pacific.

Brothers tackle dangerous surge channels on the West Coast Trail.

The McKinley River with tens of braids in the distance

Accepting Wet Feet.

A harrowing attempt at crossing the McKinley River in Denali National Park, Alaska.

Bicycles sit waiting for a class (courtesy of Josh Hikes)

Bicycling to nowhere.

The peculiarity of studio cycling and Los Angeles gym culture.

New Hampshire's Cornish-Windsor Bridge, the longest two-span wooden covered bridge in the world.

Attack of the Chipmunk Serial Killer.

An unnerving drive through rustic New England to a five-year college reunion.

A happy couple at the Swan Club on Long Island

Thank God I'm mannequin-sized.

Losing a tuxedo and a friend in a single weekend isn't easy.

Santa Claus (a.k.a. Brian) dons a Santa suit on the Grand Canyon's South Kaibab Trail.

Santa Claus snowshoes the Grand Canyon, rim to rim to rim.

Brothers tackle a classic trek with magical, holiday cheer.

A sign warns trespassers at the boundary of Area 51 as security officers in a truck keep watch from a ridge.

Searching for UFOs near Area 51.

A travel guide to America's most mysterious military base.

A view of Half Dome in the Yosemite Valley, seen from Glacier Point

Living Yosemite.

After climbing Half Dome, I can't bear to leave Yosemite.

A zebra and her newborn baby stand together in the Linyanti Wildlife Reserve.

Goodman, my good man! What is that zebra doing?

Witnessing a zebra birth in Botswana, Africa.

A hiker gazes at the canyon walls of Buckskin Gulch.

Flat Stanley escapes a flash flood in Buckskin Gulch.

Hiking the world's longest Slot Canyon with a boy made of paper.

Destinations.

Crater Lake, in the Cascade Mountains in Southern Oregon, lies in a collapsed volcanic basin.

Pacific Coast Highway.

The highway of life transition.

Kleyweg's Stads-Koffyhuis in Delft, Netherlands

Delft, Netherlands.

Gorgeous dutch girls and pretending to be happy.

My car sits, terrified, in front of a snowdrift in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Mount St. Helens.

Impassable roads and hiking in the shadow of an active volcano.

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Laos.

Slow boats, speed boats, and being poor.

The Dam in Amsterdam

Amsterdam.

Flossing in the queen's palace and ugly sex workers.

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