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…
Tag backpacking
PCT Day 80: Mile 1432.7 to 1458.1
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…
PCT Day 78: Mile 1396.8 to 1412.0
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,…
PCT Day 76: Mile 1350.0 to 1377.3
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…
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 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 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…
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…
PCT Day 64: Mile 1097.1 to 1118.6
July 5th, 2018 Today we hiked through Desolation Wilderness along lots of beautiful lakes and over Dick’s Pass with an awesome view. Tim accidentally packed out 6 beers, which is way too heavy. He drank one with snack at 9am…
