CDT Days 16 – 18 – Delays…
This was another very remote stretch of trail — we saw no one else on the trail at all for these three days. Day 16 – Mile 259.7 – Stuck in Winston Today we had a relatively easy hike to…
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CDT Days 13-15 – Gila & Aldo Leopold Wildernesses
This section of trail was very remote. We hiked through the Gila and Aldo Leopold Wilderness Areas. We encountered no other thruhikers and only two other people on the trail at all. We saw more bears in the Aldo Leopold…
CDT Days 10-12 – Silver City
This section of the CDT took us into the town of Silver City and then up into the Black Mountain Range beyond. There is lots of evidence of black bears in this area. We are in the transition zone between…
CDT Days 4-6 – More desert adventures
For these three days we continued through the desert and walked through basins from range to range. We weaved through the Coyote Hills and Pyramid Mountains. Much of the trail goes from marker to marker through the desert. Usually there…
PCT Hacks: Vegan Snacks
Here is a list of VEGAN snacks that we discovered during our PCT thruhike… Bought on trail: After the desert hiker hunger started to set in for us, and we realized we needed more snack food than just the nuts,…
Cold Soaked Rice and Beans
For lunch while thru-hiking the PCT in 2018 we mostly cold-soaked store bought prepared foods (Near East couscous or Knorr rice sides) that we had supplemented with additional dried beans and/or greens. By the end of the hike we were absolutely sick of our lunches. The store-bought pre-made foods were full of sodium and preservatives that tasted fine at first, but over time they became extremely noticeable and disgusting. In summer 2019, while hiking the German countryside, we started experimenting with our own backpacking lunch recipes. Cold soaked rice and beans is cheap, simple, and easy to prepare both on and off trail. And it doesn't taste like chemicals!
Ethiopian Lentils and Rice
Cabbage, lentils, and rice. Yum! This recipe was inspired by an Ethiopian restaurant we went to in Sacramento, California during our PCT thruhike. It was also influenced by our move to Germany, as our consumption of cabbage has gone through the roof.
Taco Pasta
Pasta, veggies, and beans in a tomato sauce flavored with taco powder and topped with nutritional yeast. Vegan taco pasta is a tasty and filling meal on the trail.
Homemade Ramen
Homemade ramen is sooo much tastier than store bought ramen! And it's really easy to make. It can also be cold soaked.
Simple Cinnamon Sugar Overnight Oats
Having breakfast already made when you wake up in the morning is so convenient on the trail. Simple cinnamon sugar overnight oats is tasty but easy to prepare both before and on the trail!
