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Day 5
Monday, April 15, 2024 at 5:34 AM
☁️ 0 °C
Altitude: 5,289 ft
United States Pine Mountain 32.925028, -116.48206332°55’30” N 116°28’55” W
Day 5
April 15, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C
Cold fingers braking camp again this morning. But no ice on my tent! The wind howled though the night but my tent held up in its second location.

The morning was clear but cold. Though I took off my rain pants around 11, Sam and Charlotte hiked in long pants all day (but Sam regretted it when it got up to 65 or so).

Today is the longest day we’ve hiked yet! 18.5 miles.

Tonight we also are camping with Leo. We are all cowboy camping for the first time (except Leo who had cowboyed before). We have a beautiful view of the valley where we will be headed to town tomorrow!

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Day 4
Sunday, April 14, 2024
🌬 12 °C
Altitude: 3,251 ft
United States Cigarette Hills 33.067485, -116.5017933°4’3” N 116°30’6” W
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Day 4
April 14, 2024 in the United States ⋅ 🌬 12 °C
Started off bright and early and hiked 5 miles into Mount Laguna just in time for the Pine Lodge to open at 9. Sam Charlotte and I ate with the other bigger fam for breakfast.

We had grand plans to go another 15 miles which the weather did not agree with. It started to get a bit blustery, then downright windy. Just around the 50 mile mark, we hiked up into a cloud so it got misty and then fully rainy. We decided to camp earlier as it was starting to get quite cold. Working together against the wind we put our three tents up. Mine needed to be moved because the ground was so soft my stakes kept coming out even with rocks on top.

Tragically had about 10 pepperoni for dinner as it was just too crappy to leave the tent to boil water.

Camped at 57.2.Read more
Traveler The video is great!
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Day 3
Saturday, April 13, 2024
🌬 11 °C
Altitude: 5,269 ft
United States Ewiiaapaayp Reservation 32.813094, -116.41965432°48’47” N 116°25’11” W
Day 3
April 13, 2024 in the United States ⋅ 🌬 11 °C
Shorter day today. Still up and moving before 5:30 but didn’t make it out of camp until 7:10. No one wanted to leave the great amenities!

Lots of climbing today. It was much cooler in the morning; I started with gloves and a beanie.

We originally planned to do 15 miles today, putting us just before Mt. Laguna, but realized that if we keep our same sleep schedule, we’d be sitting around in town for ages before the stores open (Sunday tomorrow so many businesses open later)

Instead we are camping at 37.1, so we can keep our sleep schedule and roll into town right when the lodge opens at 9.

There is an 8 mile no camping zone after Mount Laguna which put a wrench the option to just stop by in the evening today and camp outside of town.

Only the three of us and Dan here today. He has done this section twice before and gave us some good info on what is to come!

It started drizzling a bit as we were packing up dinner so we all hustled back to our tents it’s quite windy and rainy now. I don’t anticipate a good night of sleep😭Read more
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Day 1
Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 3:01 PM
☀️ 27 °C
Altitude: 3,035 ft
United States Hacienda del Florasol 32.627078, -116.50999532°37’37” N 116°30’36” W
Day 2
April 11, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
14.6 trail miles today.

Up and atom at 5:10, 20 min before my 5:30 alarm. Hiking in the early morning was much more pleasant than yesterday’s heat of the day.

Hiked the whole day with Charlotte and Sam. Sam’s pace is much faster than mine and Charlotte’s (perhaps inspo for a trail name 🤔)

We went to the Lake Morena malt shop for lunch. I had a small salad to balance out the double cheese burger.

We hung out at the paid camp ground with a guy who was zeroing there. He let us use his outlets and water which was great.

Camping at 26.0 at a managed camp ground that is free for PCT hikers. It had dumpsters, running potable water and pit toilet.

Now to bed - 8:35Read more
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Day 1
Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 9:30 AM
☀️ 23 °C
Altitude: 2,910 ft
United States Campo 32.589737, -116.46694232°35’23” N 116°28’1” W
Day 1
April 11, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
First day on the PCT was a hot one!! One gal, Heather, had a little thermometer and the highest we saw was 86 F.

There were a ton of people out, all water sources had 10+ people.

Camped at 11.4. I rolled in with Charlotte and Sam around 3 or 4. We were the first to arrive, but I think around 8 more people ended up camping there.Read more
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Day 1
Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 9:30 AM
☀️ 23 °C
Altitude: 2,910 ft
United States Campo 32.589737, -116.46693732°35’23” N 116°28’1” W
Southern Terminus
April 11, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
So it begins. Years of staring off into a distant day dream shatter as I snap into the reality that the dream is no longer distant. It is here beneath my feet.

Quandaries drift in and out of my thoughts:
* Can I do this?
* Am I capable of something of this magnitude?
* What if I fail?
* How will this change me?

Looking back there was a day that these drifting questions would have presented themselves as loud, negative statements in my mind.

And looking forward, the answers don’t matter. I’m here now. I am trying.

This is the dream ❤️Read more
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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
☀️ 29 °C
Altitude: 141 ft
United States Palm Desert Country 33.748875, -116.31166133°44’56” N 116°18’42” W
Palm Desert
April 9, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Spent the night in Palm Desert at Grandma and Grandpa Budke’s. They had dinner with friends already on the books so I had plenty of time to go over the first hundred or so miles over and over.

Yesterday (4/9) I flew in to PSP after spending a night in Bonney Lake with Robert.

I thought I would want more time down here but I’m really just itching to start the trail tomorrow!!Read more
TravelerAwesome Anna! Wishing you a great start!
4/10/24Reply
TravelerGo Anna! Have a great start tomorrow👣can‘t wait to follow your adventure!
4/10/24Reply
TravelerFirst step!! So exciting! I’ll be thinking of you every step of the way!!
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April 11, 2024