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…
Category PCT Daily Updates
From May – September, 2018, we thru hiked the Pacific Crest Trail. Now, exactly one year later we are posting our daily journal entries and photos as blog updates. Each post includes our trail journal from the day, a selection of photos taken that day, and GPS information that we recorded as we hiked. Enjoy!
PCT Day 73: Mile 1286.8 to 1307.3
July 14th, 2018 Since we camped last night in the town of Belden, at an elevation of only 2,200 feet, we had a long climb to start the day. We got an early start to beat the heat, and we…
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 71: Mile 1242.9 to 1263.9
July 12th, 2018 We crossed the 2,000 km mark this morning. Then, we went swimming at lunch time because it was hot! The heat in Northern California feels like being in the desert again, except more humid. But, swimming is…
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 69: Mile 1198.0 to 1219.7
July 10th, 2018 We started the day with a tough climb, but it was nothing like the difficult climbs we were doing a few weeks ago. We swam and cleaned off in a lake at around 10, but before we…
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 67: Mile 1157.3 to 1179.6
July 8th, 2018 We slept near interstate 80 last night so it was a bit noisy but not too bad. We woke up, had breakfast with cowboy coffee (thanks Jen!), and took our time getting started. The terrain is much…
Sierra Challenges
July 8th, 2018 We are loving being on the trail, but to paint a full picture of what a thru hike involves, we put together this collection of some of the not so glamorous aspects of the PCT. High Sierras…
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…
