When walking 2,650 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail, feet, shoes, and socks cannot be ignored! We both went through four pairs of shoes while hiking the PCT. Tim somehow managed to get NO blisters the entire trail! I had…
May 28th, 2018 Today we took our first “zero”. In other words, a rest day. We hung out at Hiker Heaven, a trail angel’s house, with ~30 other hikers. We took showers. They did our laundry. Tim gave himself a…
May 26th, 2018 Today we walked through a lot of burned areas. We tried our best to avoid all the poodle dog bush, which we’ve heard is worse than poison oak. Poison oak vs. poison ivy? We made it back…
May 24th, 2018 We saw our 9th rattlesnake of the trip. We also saw our first deer of the trip – a doe and fawn. We lost the PCT for the first time today. We didn’t realize it until we…
May 22nd, 2018 This morning we hiked ~12 miles to Cajon Pass. A hummingbird tried to drink Tim’s pee. There was a lot of poison oak on the trail. At Cajon Pass we picked up our resupply box. Bad timing…
May 20th, 2018 The big highlight of today was the nude hot springs. We hiked 20 miles and then took a dip (not nude). Felt awesome! The other highlight of today was drinking a Miller Lite. We were filtering water…
May 18th, 2018 Today was mostly a gradual descent. We started in a conifer forest then made it to a more sparse conifer forest with lots of prickly pear then made it to a shrubby desert with Joshua trees. We…
May 16th, 2018 Today was a windy day in the desert. We hit the lowest spot on the PCT between the Mexican border and the Columbia River on the Oregon-Washington border. Then we started a long climb back into the…
May 14th, 2018 This morning we picked up our resupply package at the post office in Idyllwild, CA. Then we had a challenging ascent to get back up to the PCT. We were rewarded with views of the smogy inland…
May 12th, 2018 A lot of climbing today. We made it up to 7,000 feet, which is the highest point on the trail so far. The morning was cold and damp. We hiked through a cloud for 6 miles. The…
We compiled everything we’ve learned from thousands of miles of hiking into this guide and recipe book! We hope you enjoy it!
-Renee and Tim
