PCT adventures

Jacob had to head home on Monday morning so I got an early start back on the trail on June 1. It was pretty flat leaving Tuolumne and I made good time. It was such easy going I ended up hiking 26 miles that day, including going over a 10,000′ pass. I found a beautiful … Continue reading »

When I got to Tuolumne Meadows, I checked at the lodge to see if there were any rooms available in the valley that weekend. Jacob was meeting me on Friday night and I wanted to set up a place to stay. There were two rooms in all of the Yosemite valley lodging available for that … Continue reading »

Something is wrong with this app and every time I write and save this post, it gets erased. This is the third time I’m writing this so it will be brief. I left Merkel and Horizon and set off to find some hot springs that are just off the trail. First, I had to ford … Continue reading »

After a week off the trail, I was back in Independence and ready to hike again. On Monday, May 18, Horizon, Merkel, and I got a ride up to the trailhead from the woman working at the motel. When we got up there it was cold and slightly hailing. But we put on our wet … Continue reading »

Fox Trot and I left Independence on Monday morning, getting a ride to the Onion Valley trailhead from the motel owner’s son. We didn’t start hiking until almost noon, but it wasn’t too hot. We had a five mile uphill climb to the top of Kearsage pass, gaining 2500′ in elevation. It took us two … Continue reading »

It was hard to leave Jacob, but there was a lot more trail to hike and after resting for two days, it was nice to head off again. Horizon, Merkel, and I were a fellowship again and were ready for anything. We climbed several hills and started getting into interesting landscapes. We also passed the … Continue reading »

I hiked 86 miles in three days in order to meet Jacob at Walker Pass on a Friday. Luckily I had a few hours to rest before he got there because I was tired! When he pulled up and got out of the car, Bishop went crazy and could hardly contain himself. That and the … Continue reading »

Horizon caught up with Merkel and me in Tehachapi, but our reunion was short lived because they decided to spend the next day in town while I had to move on in order to meet Jacob in a few days. I got a ride back to the trail from another hiker who was just driving … Continue reading »

After leaving Acton, we soon came to the town of Agua Dolce, where we had breakfast. The town is sprawling and we walked through it for a hour or more. That afternoon it rained hard for hours and we were soaked. Then we found some amazing trail magic, just as the rain stopped. We hiked … Continue reading »

Wrightwood is a small town, not too far from San Bernardino and LA. It has the reputation of being the most hiker friendly town and it has certainly lived up to it’s name. We met up with Cameron at the hardware store, which is in the middle of town, and the three of us headed … Continue reading »

(I wrote this post a while ago but for some reason it is not syncing with my phone so I cannot add pictures at this time. I will try to fix this later if possible, but I don’t know if it will work.) I left Big Bear City with Horizon and Merkel. Captain Deadweight decided … Continue reading »

Its been a while since I’ve been able to write and a lot has happened. I can only cover the highlights now, with a lot of pictures. So here’s the recap: immediately after we left Wrightwood, we climbed up Mt. Baden-powell. There was a lot of fog in the valleys which was stunning. We climbed … Continue reading »

It’s been a while since I’ve been able to update my blog and some memories are already getting a bit confused so the accuracy of the following timeline is not very high. After leaving Mission Creek, the terrain became less interesting; we were mostly hiking through moderately sized hills that were covered with small scrub but … Continue reading »

          Immediately after Snow Creek, we had to cross a wide, hot valley then pass under I-10. Knowing how hot it got during the day, we decided to do this stretch early in the morning, so we set the alarm clocks for 4:30 am! We left Tracker and Lance’s place at … Continue reading »

In the morning, Merkel, Horizon and I had just 8 miles to our destination, our shortest day yet. But we had a lot of switchbacks to do to get down the hillside. As we descended, the temperature started to soar and when we got to Snow Creek by midmorning it was already in the 80s. … Continue reading »