PCT Day 78: Mile 1396.8 to 1412.0
July 19th, 2018 New shoes for me today! We had to stop at Burney Mountain Guest Ranch to pick them up. It was another hot day, so we were happy to take a long afternoon break to shower, do laundry,…
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PCT Day 76: Mile 1350.0 to 1377.3
July 17th, 2018 We got an early but slow start today with lots of breaks in the morning (maybe it was all the beers we drank yesterday while swimming in the hot spring fed pool.) We had a nice lunch…
PCT Day 74: Mile 1307.3 to 1331.5
July 15th, 2018 Today we hit the halfway point!! We also saw another bear, the 3rd one of the trip. We also got our first rain of the trip overnight. We got a slow start this morning after a somewhat…
PCT Day 72: Mile 1263.9 to 1286.9
July 13th, 2018 The big goal for today was beer. The PCT goes right through the town of Belden past a bar After a long, overgrown descent, we achieved our goal. We are stealth cowboy camping in town down by…
PCT Day 70: Mile 1219.7 to 1242.9
July 11th, 2018 Another fun, but relatively uneventful, day on the trail. We saw a crew of ~15 people out doing trail maintenance. We saw lots of woodpeckers and butterflies. The terrain has started to change since we crossed I-80…
PCT Day 68: Mile 1179.6 to 1198.0
July 9th, 2018 We saw our first bear of the trip today! It ran across the trail ~25 yards in front of us while we were hiking. Very exciting! Today we descended most of the day to below 5,000 ft…
PCT Day 66: Mile 1140.9 to 1157.3
July 7th, 2018 This morning we watched sunrise over Lake Tahoe from our tent. The colors were awesome. We hiked by a lot of wildflowers today, which has been typical lately. Jen and Bernie drove from Sacramento to meet us…
PCT Day 64: Mile 1097.1 to 1118.6
July 5th, 2018 Today we hiked through Desolation Wilderness along lots of beautiful lakes and over Dick’s Pass with an awesome view. Tim accidentally packed out 6 beers, which is way too heavy. He drank one with snack at 9am…
PCT Day 62: Zero
July 3rd, 2018 After over 3 weeks without cell service, WiFi, or showers, we had a fun rest day in Sacramento at Kate and Jen’s house! We are super lucky to have our own personal trail angels! The big city…
PCT Day 60: Mile 1053.2 to 1075.6
July 1st, 2018 Tonight is our 60th night sleeping outside in our sleeping bags (2 nights cowboy camping & 58 nights in our tent). We have not spent a night in a bed yet. We are going to break that…
