Day 35
15. Mai 2024 in den USA ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
Early start on trail by 5 am. I was on spider web patrol at the front of the conga
Humid morning, but very pretty. We were up above the clouds
10 by 9:30 and a brief 10:30 lunch at the rangerWeiterlesen
Day 34
14. Mai 2024 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Late start 8:00 on trail
Hot
Good chill morning, climbed out of valley
Siesta without tux (he missed the plan lol)
3.5 to a road no cell service or we could have ordered pizza
Trail magic, tuxWeiterlesen
Day 31
11. Mai 2024 in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
One month on trail!!
Back to yesterday’s plan, breakfast then out of town. We hit the store and hardware store again and ran into several groups in our orbit so didn’t get out of town untilWeiterlesen
Day 30
10. Mai 2024 in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Accidental 0
Here’s the plan: breakfast at Grizzly again, hitch to trail and do 10 or so to Perot for Baden Powell.
Unless we stay one more night and do a real 0.
We did plan B. 😁
I got aWeiterlesen
Day 29
9. Mai 2024 in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
TOWN DAY!!
5 or 6 miles to an easy hitch into Wrightwood. Tux was ahead and got us a beautiful outdoor table at Grizzly Cafe (I think every CA mt. town has a Grizzly cafe now). Massive breakfast, twoWeiterlesen
Day 27
7. Mai 2024 in den USA ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
6 miles in to Cajón Pass, home of the famous McDonalds.
We arrived just after 9 am. My favorite McDonalds food is breakfast so I was pleased with our timing.
My hunger has definitely started toWeiterlesen
Day 26
6. Mai 2024 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Trail magic hit at around 9am. Cans of Pepsi in a cooler full of ice. We ran into the trail angel, who was out in a day hike just before getting to lunch.
We ate lunch at a picnic area on silverWeiterlesen
Day 25
5. Mai 2024 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
6 miles into the the hot springs where we stayed for quite a while. There were a lot of day use people and weekenders.
Classic mix of 20 something’s/ college kids, thru hikers, and full blownWeiterlesen
Day 23
4. Mai 2024 in den USA ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
Side trip to the malt shop today! Ceder Glen has a road that goes near the PCT. It is closed until about 1.5 miles from a parking lot. Hikers can walk 1.5 miles to where the road opens and the maltWeiterlesen
Day 21
2. Mai 2024 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Near-o out of town today. We slept in again, had another great breakfast then finished up chores before check out.
We walked the trash to the dump and just afterward some trail angels stopped andWeiterlesen
Day 20
1. Mai 2024 in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
First 0 of the trail! Slept in and had great food all day.
Plenty of chores. Did laundry, washed gear organized resupply, planned the next section etc.
Cam made fantastic breakfast lunch andWeiterlesen
Day 19
30. Apr.–1. Mai 2024 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Town day!!!
Tux had pancakes on the brain last night during planning and had the great idea to start hiking the 10 miles to highway 18 at 4am.
Cowboying wasn’t super comfortable last night. AllWeiterlesen
Day 18
29. April 2024 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Longer day today, out of camp before 6 but the first couple miles had leftovers of yesterday’s wash.
We were planning on a 16 mile water carry from about 3 miles in. This ended up beingWeiterlesen
Day 17
28. April 2024 in den USA ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Long day of river crossings in the washed out valley. Started with about 7 miles and one or two big river crossings before we reached a section of the trail that had been largely washed away byWeiterlesen
Day 16
27. April 2024 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Super luxuriously slept on the couch at grandma and grandpa’s to avoid the wind.
Later start this morning, Tux, Eelco, Spicy and I made a big breakfast of eggs, avocado and cucumber toast, andWeiterlesen
Day 15
26. April 2024 in den USA ⋅ 🌬 3 °C
More reasonable start today. On trail by 6.
The mission of the day: get out of the San Jacinto mountains. Including yesterday’s summit, we descended 8000 ft over 20 miles, then crossed the desertWeiterlesen
Day 14
25. April 2024 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Earliest start yet, up at 12, on trail by 1 - overnight low: 30f. Spicy, Will, and I were determined to hit San Jacinto for sunrise.
We hiked up the snowy mountain in a three man conga lineWeiterlesen
Day 13
24. April 2024 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
TOWN DAY!!
Another early start up by 4 on trail by 5. Or as it turns out closer to 5:30. We took Devils Slide down to Idlewild as the sun rose and peaked through the trees. The snow was hard andWeiterlesen
Day 12
22. April 2024 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Another big day today! Up early, I finally sorted through my food and broke out what I was taking vs having G&G being to i10 at mile 209.
The knee brace I picked up yesterday apparently had aWeiterlesen
Day 11
21. April 2024 in den USA ⋅ 🌙 30 °C
Biiig day today! Up super early after a rough night of sleep. After getting to camp late and knowing we had go leave early, I decided to cowboy. Only problem was it was a pretty warm night until aboutWeiterlesen
Day 10
20. April 2024 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Long water carry’s today of the 21 and change miles we did there were only 2 water sources. The first water source was about 10 miles in. We stopped there for a bit of an early lunch.
The wholeWeiterlesen
Day 9
19. April 2024 in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
A little more of a slow morning. The burritos we ordered were delivered at 6:45 but we were packed and moving around 6:30. The extended fam spent most of the day together
The burritos were big andWeiterlesen
Day 8
18. April 2024 in den USA ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Leisurely start to the morning the plan was to head to Ranchita Bodega when they open at 9. Since we ended up camping so close, and already mostly all used to getting up early. We had a bit of spareWeiterlesen
Day 7
17. April 2024 in den USA ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Camped at 101.1. Hot today and long water carry’s
We got up fairly early, camping in the canyon valley was surprisingly dry- no condensation!
Lunch at a water cashe was delish, I had a bagel withWeiterlesen
Day 6
16. April 2024 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Woke up to a beautiful sunrise view today! Cowboying was successful but Charlotte and I had a bit of condensation on our quilts. I think it is to do with the material and the high loft. My groundWeiterlesen

























































































































































































































ReisenderThe flowers are so freaking pretty!!!!