The Continental Divide Trail starts in New Mexico in the Chihuahuan desert in the Basin and Range. For the first few days, we are walking through different mountain ranges, including the Big Hatchet Range, the Little Hatchet Range, and the…
June 10th, 2018 Although we had a full rest day yesterday, we decided that taking another partial day to rest-up, eat, and prepare for the mountains was a good idea. We had breakfast in Kennedy Meadows at a restaurant called…
June 9th, 2018 Today we took a zero to get ready for the transition from the desert to the high Sierras. We are hanging out at the Kennedy Meadows General Store. We took showers and did laundry. We got our…
June 8th, 2018 We did a big day to get to Kennedy Meadows, the unofficial end of the desert and start of the Sierra’s. Yay! The desert has been beautiful but hot, dry, and hard. Climbing in the Sierra’s will…
June 7th, 2018 One of our fellow thru hikers is retired from the military near the area we are hiking in. Today his old colleagues flew two F18 jets over us. One of them put on a nice show for…
June 7th, 2018 We’ve learned that a Pacific Crest Trail thruhike isn’t always a walk through paradise. Here is a collection of some of the not-so-glamorous aspects from our first 650 miles. Desert edition.
June 6th, 2018 After a mostly uneventful day of hiking, we found trail angel Coppertone again (we also ran into him 4 days ago) with root beer and treats. Yum! We ended the day by doing half of a big…
June 5th, 2018 Another hard, dry, hot day, but the end of the desert is in sight. We even caught a glimpse of Mount Whitney today. There were no reliable water sources on the trail for 42 miles, just two…
June 4th, 2018 It was another hot day but we were at higher elevation so not as bad as yesterday. Still, 19 miles between water sources was difficult. We ran out of toilet paper so we had to ask another…
June 3rd, 2018 We are currently on the driest section of the PCT according to the water reports. Today was a hard day. The high was 99 degF. The hottest day we’ve had so far. We were fully loaded with…
We compiled everything we’ve learned from thousands of miles of hiking into this guide and recipe book! We hope you enjoy it!
-Renee and Tim
