Our second hitch gave us a good tour of the town, as well as recommendation of where to stay. We settled into the Black Forest Lodge, complete with fireplace and more importantly, shower. It only took about three rounds of shower apiece to finally feel like we wouldn't get the white towels dirty while drying … Continue reading Soak in the Hot Springs
Wow, what a week of wind! We last left off with us leaving behind the idle lifestyle in Idyllwild. We were finally back on trail! Since we were practically restarting as far as conditioning and fitness, we took the shorter access trail to get back to the PCT, rather than the ridiculously steep and longer … Continue reading The Wind to Oz
It's amazing how you can spend months of planning and thousands of dollars on gear to have a good leg up on your upcoming thru-hike, only to have the whole event compromised by a $30 pair of insoles. Steve's foot perils all began when his standard insoles began to bunch up while hiking. No problem, … Continue reading The Soulless Insoles
Our Easter morning started out as any other day on trail. We'd camped at a lovely flat overlook of the Tule Creek Valley, large enough for our whole family and more. We only had 6 miles until the water cache, with another well maintained water cache 2 miles from there. So our 14 mile day … Continue reading Easter Magic
The fabeled Hiker Feed was indeed an event, but after meeting the trail angel host, Fruit Bowl, we learned the 18th annual dinner was beginning the following afternoon, well after the time we'd be passing the mile marker. Such is life. We had a lovely evening at mile 26 at Boulder Oak Campground for the … Continue reading Beautiful friends in beautiful places
First report to you live from the trail! Uncle Kevin & Humberto hosted us for 2 nights at their home in Escondido and saw us off at the Southern terminus at the Mexico border at Campo, CA. It was wonderful to have time to spend with them for the night before we started. Having family … Continue reading First Report from the PCT
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