PCT Day 86: Mile 1576.7 to 1601.9
July 27th, 2018 We are camped just past the 1,600 mile mark. The miles are starting to fly by. We are hearing of a lot of injuries lately. We are also hearing of people getting sick – Nora virus, giardia,…
July 27th, 2018 We are camped just past the 1,600 mile mark. The miles are starting to fly by. We are hearing of a lot of injuries lately. We are also hearing of people getting sick – Nora virus, giardia,…
July 25th, 2018 Today we woke up to a lot of smoke in the distance. The smoke stuck around for most of the day obscuring our views of the mountains around us. We stayed above 6,000 feet all day, so…
July 23rd, 2018 This morning we saw bear #6 of the trip. It looked right at us as it walked across the trail in front of us. I wonder if we will see more bears or rattlesnakes by the end…
July 21st, 2018 Another fun day on the trail. Tim managed to finish a full jar of peanut butter (2,660 calories) in two days. We passed a small burned area this morning that was still smoldering. We decided to go…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…