Day 35

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 rangerЧитать далее
Day 34

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, tuxЧитать далее
Day 31

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 untilЧитать далее
Day 30

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 aЧитать далее
Day 29

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, twoЧитать далее
Day 27

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 toЧитать далее
Day 26

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 silverЧитать далее
Day 25

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 blownЧитать далее
Day 23

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 maltЧитать далее
Day 21

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 andЧитать далее
Day 20

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 andЧитать далее
Day 19

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. AllЧитать далее
Day 18

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 beingЧитать далее
Day 17

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 byЧитать далее
Day 16

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, andЧитать далее
Day 15

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 desertЧитать далее
Day 14

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 lineЧитать далее
Day 13

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 andЧитать далее
Day 12

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 aЧитать далее
Day 11

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 aboutЧитать далее
Day 10

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 wholeЧитать далее
Day 9

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 andЧитать далее
Day 8

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 spareЧитать далее
Day 7

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 withЧитать далее
Day 6

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 groundЧитать далее
ПутешественникThe flowers are so freaking pretty!!!!