Start 444 - 10 Pacific Crest Trail Miles, 5.8 wandering miles We were hiking by 5am to beat the heat and to make it to Hiker Heaven in the early morning. Hiker Heaven is the home of the Saufleys in Aqua Dulce. This is our second over the top trail angel who allow up to 50 dirty smelly hikers into their home each evening during the Pacific Crest Trail hiking season.Walking in the early morning ...
Pacific Crest Trail
Store, Showers, and a Pool… Real or Mirage?
Mile 427 - 17 Pacific Crest Trail miles, 1 wandering mileLuckily our campsite from last night was not all that comfortable or I may not have moved for hours. My body was definitely feeling the 27 miles from the day before.We had 17 miles to Action KOA. Apparently a store, showers, and a pool were waiting for us to arrive. We were dropping down to the heat of the desert and at times Action KOA ...
Ninja Gymnastic Backpacking Skills on the PCT
Mile 400 - 27 Pacific Crest Trail miles, 1 wandering mile Awake somewhat early we arrived to our water source and received our first warning... "It's yellow but tastes ok..."! After filtering it was still very yellow but it indeed tasted ok... Funky but ok. We had no choice as this was our only water source for the next 17 miles.At about six miles in we stopped under this enormous tree which ...
Pacific Crest Trail Planners… Drunk or Pranksters?
Mile 380 - 20 Pacific Crest Trail Miles, 3.5 wandering miles Sometimes I find myself thinking... Were the original Pacific Crest Trail planners drunk, pranksters, or just in love with pointless assents and descents? Picture going up 1,000 feet just to go down 1,000 feet then crossing the same highway you did just a half a mile before and you may understand what I am saying here... All part of ...
Vegetable Garden In The Tent? Why Not!
Mile 335 - 21 Pacific Crest Trail miles, 1.3 wandering milesButterfly woke up a bit frustrated with our tent. It was a wet night and we had a lot of condensation... Something was said like..."we might as well have a vegetable garden growing in here"... Oh well! At least it does not weigh 10 pounds! ;)We hiked the six remaining miles to our next water source... McDonalds! Thankfully we ...
Root Beer Floats On The Trail!
Mile 317 - 19 Pacific Crest Trail miles, .5 wandering milesMore meandering miles today around Silverwood Lake. Eventually we got close enough that we could not resist jumping in.Stopping at the picnic area we had a long lunch enjoying the shade and abundance of water.Not 20 minutes after lunch we came across Coppertone. A traveling trail angel who offered us root beer floats. ROOT BEER ...
One Lazy Pacific Crest Trail Day
Mile 284 - 14 PCT trail miles, 1.2 wandering milesThe wind was blowing and the air was cold. A layer of ice was on top of the tent under the rain fly. Actually getting out of the sleeping bag was a bit difficult today... Five miles in we stopped for an early lunch and laid out our tent and sleeping bags to dry. This break was over and hour and it was after 12pm before we resumed hiking. It was ...