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Thru-hiking

Vegetable Garden In The Tent? Why Not!

May 20, 2014 by Alan Underkofler

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 ...

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Filed Under: Pacific Crest Trail, PCT Southern California, Uncategorized Tagged With: Backpacking, Pacific Crest Trail, PCT, Thru-hiking

Root Beer Floats On The Trail!

May 19, 2014 by Alan Underkofler

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 ...

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Filed Under: Pacific Crest Trail, PCT Southern California, Uncategorized Tagged With: Backpacking, Pacific Crest Trail, PCT, Thru-hiking

One Lazy Pacific Crest Trail Day

May 17, 2014 by Alan Underkofler

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 ...

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Filed Under: Pacific Crest Trail, PCT Southern California, Uncategorized Tagged With: Backpacking, Pacific Crest Trail, PCT, Thru-hiking

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