Day 5

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 myEn savoir plus
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 myEn savoir plus
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 toEn savoir plus
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;En savoir plus
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 CharlotteEn savoir plus
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. IEn savoir plus
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 myEn savoir plus
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 andEn savoir plus