Mile 356 - 13 Pacific Crest Trail Miles, 1.9 wandering miles I woke up knowing today would be a tough start. It was cold and windy and because we had cowboy camped I did not have the tent to block the wind. At some point I just stood up, removed my sleeping clothes, and put on my hiking clothes. It was a very cold one minute process!We had 13 miles and a few thousand feet to climb before ...
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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 ...
Exhausted… Wet… Cold… Enraptured!
Mile 266 - 18 trail miles, 2.3 wandering milesWith snow in the forecast we headed out of Big Bear. The first day on trail after any kind of stop is always a bit sluggish and this day was clearly one of those days. Ten miles into our day the snow started falling. It was beautiful! Small flakes gently falling through the trees. I am sure the grin on my face was as if I was ten years old with the ...
Bears! Sadly Not Wild…
Mile 235 - 18 trail milesWe started our day hiking four miles to water, the next 17 miles are dry... Most days we are alone on the trail until we find epic shade or water. Here we had both! We were both dragging, dragging, dragging this morning. Not until after first lunch did I seem to get any decent momentum.Heading to the animals... I don't know much about the animals other than they are ...
Oh $&@% I Just Walked Through Poodle Dog Bush
Mile 218 - 17 trail miles, 1 wandering mileWe spent the night at Whitewater Preserve which was an old trout farm and is now a privately funded preserve. The gentle sounds of flowing water entertained us all evening. After hours of walking on the trail my bare legs brushed two plants side by side and it dawned on me how much they looked like Poodle Dog Bush... After a few minutes of panic I ...