Palm Desert
9 Nisan 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 andOkumaya devam et
Southern Terminus
11 Nisan 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 myOkumaya devam et
Day 1
11 Nisan 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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. IOkumaya devam et
Day 2
11 Nisan 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 CharlotteOkumaya devam et
Day 3
13 Nisan 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ 🌬 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;Okumaya devam et
Day 4
14 Nisan 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ 🌬 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 toOkumaya devam et
Day 5
15 Nisan 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 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 myOkumaya devam et
Day 6
16 Nisan 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 groundOkumaya devam et
Day 7
17 Nisan 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 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 withOkumaya devam et
Day 8
18 Nisan 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 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 spareOkumaya devam et
Day 9
19 Nisan 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ⛅ 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 andOkumaya devam et
Day 10
20 Nisan 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 wholeOkumaya devam et
Day 11
21 Nisan 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ 🌙 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 aboutOkumaya devam et
Day 12
22 Nisan 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 aOkumaya devam et
Day 13
24 Nisan 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 andOkumaya devam et
Day 14
25 Nisan 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 lineOkumaya devam et
Day 15
26 Nisan 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ 🌬 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 desertOkumaya devam et
Day 16
27 Nisan 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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, andOkumaya devam et
Day 17
28 Nisan 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ 🌙 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 byOkumaya devam et
Day 18
29 Nisan 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 beingOkumaya devam et
Day 19
30 Nis–1 May 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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. AllOkumaya devam et
Day 20
1 Mayıs 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ⛅ 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 andOkumaya devam et
Day 21
2 Mayıs 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 andOkumaya devam et
Day 23
4 Mayıs 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ 🌬 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 maltOkumaya devam et
Day 25
5 Mayıs 2024, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 blownOkumaya devam et

























































































































































































GezginAwesome Anna! Wishing you a great start!
GezginGo Anna! Have a great start tomorrow👣can‘t wait to follow your adventure!
GezginFirst step!! So exciting! I’ll be thinking of you every step of the way!!