PCT Day 94: Mile 1752.4 to 1773.4
August 4th, 2018 Today was a berry good day. The first half of the day we walked through a pretty forest. We found lots and lots of blueberries growing along the trail. Yum!! The second half of the day we…
Tag backpacking
PCT Day 92: Mile 1702.6 to 1728.1
August 2nd, 2018 Today was our first full day in Oregon. We encountered 3 instances of trail magic! Inquisitor gave us soda, Shaunty gave us homemade watermelon-strawberry popsicles and PCT Porter, and a third person left macadamia nuts. We passed…
NorCal Challenges
August 1st, 2018 It’s hard to believe we’re in Oregon after 1,691 miles of California. We’re having an amazing time! To paint the complete picture, here we’re some of the not-so-glamorous aspects of Northern California.
PCT Day 90: Mile 1656.7 to 1679.2
July 31st, 2018 Today we had a big climb out of Seiad Valley. It was another smokey day. We walked through some previously burned areas, which are usually quite exposed and hot. The heat today wasn’t too bad though because…
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 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 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 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…
