PCT Day 89: Mile 1649.5 to 1656.7
July 30th, 2018 We had a short walk today into the town of Seiad Valley. The entire trail today was along the shoulder of a road, except over two bridges where there was no shoulder. We are at an elevation…
PCT Day 88: Mile 1625.5 to 1649.5
July 29th, 2018 Today was another smokey day. I had a slight headache and our eyes were a bit irritated. We could also smell the fires occasionally. They are far away, and we are completely safe though. Today we completed…
PCT Day 87: Mile 1601.9 to 1625.5
July 28th, 2018 Like every day lately, today we swam and napped by a lake for several hours around lunchtime. Renee calls this the “lake crawl” section of the trail (the previous few hundred miles was the “beer crawl” section).…
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,…
PCT Day 85: Mile 1552.7 to 1576.7
July 26th, 2018 There were no lakes near the trail today, so there was no swimming. We took a nice siesta anyway and napped near a creek. The wildfires burning all around us have really filled the sky with smoke.…
PCT Day 84: Mile 1526.6 to 1552.7
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…
PCT Day 83: Mile 1503.2 to 1526.6
July 24th, 2018 We woke up with ash on our tent and backpacks from nearby forest fires that have filled the sky with smoke. We broke camp early and were hiking by 5:13 am to beat the heat. The forecast…
PCT Day 82: Mile 1481.9 to 1503.2
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…
PCT Day 81: Mile 1458.1 to 1481.9
July 22nd, 2018 We took another long siesta under a foot bridge today. As always, the swimming and sleeping and eating were excellent. On the way there, we were hissed at by a large rattle snake (number 14, but who’s…
