Day 52 PCT Mile Marker 1632.15 – 1653.42 Miles Hiked 21.27 So, so cold all night. And I was so tired, I left my electronics on…all night. Batteries were low on everything in the morning. But I got my favorite. My favorite is the early morning hiking on soft downhills. Read more…
Day 51 PCT Mile Marker 1611.57 – 1632.15 Miles Hiked 20.58 The mountains had sticky fingers, and the cotton fog clung to them way down below me in a thousand valleys. Kleenex on a stubbly beard. Suddenly the land became lush and green. Plants fighting each other for space to Read more…
Day 50 PCT Mile Marker 1597.24 – 1611.58 Miles Hiked 14.34 One more breakfast at Bob’s Restaurant in the morning. Turtle and two other hikers went with me. I took it easy on the coffee. I packed up and headed out. Down the road I went, my thumb on the Read more…
Day 49 PCT Mileage 1597.24 – 1597.24 Miles Hiked 0 I took a shower first thing, and threw my laundry in the wash. I stood around just wearing my rain jacket and my rain skirt, my hair wrapped up in a towel. No one looked at me funny. That’s Read more…
Day 48 PCT Mile Marker 1578.57 – 1597.24 Miles Hiked 18.67 I heard there was a brewery in Etna. So it was super easy to get up in the morning and get ready to go. The four of us were hiking before the sun came up. Shower, Hot Potato, Last Read more…
Day 47 PCT Mile Marker 1562.36 – 1578.57 Miles Hiked 16.21 I was walking on sacred ground. The mountains stretched over my head, requesting silence. The path made small curves here and there. Curves strategically placed to take every advantage of the views. I stopped and stared up the mountain Read more…
Day 46 PCT Mile Marker 1540.58 – 1562.36 Miles Hiked 21.78 The rock slides were orange now. Gritty giant boulders. An old hollow tree trunk filled up with rain water a long time ago, and a whole ecosystem was living in there. In the woods, tall alien flowers, their Read more…
Day 45 PCT Mile Marker 1518.58 – 1540.58 Miles Hiked 22 I knew it was his tent as soon as I saw it. I held my hiking poles in one hand and put my hand over my bear bell. I snuck past his tent, the soft crunch of gravel under Read more…
Day 44 PCT Mile Marker 1501.93 – 1518.58 Miles Hiked 16.65 Uphill, uphill, uphill, uphill. Met a great guy named Turtle. He was faster than me. I passed a guy who had exploded his pack all over the trail. I noticed, in passing, that it didn’t seem to be PCT Read more…
Day 43 PCT Mile Marker 1498.7 – 1501.93 Miles Hiked 3.23 It was lovely sleeping in on plush sleeping bags and sleeping mats. The boys snuggled onto the bed with us. Happy Family Time. We lounged around in the tent telling stories for a long time, then Aidan made me Read more…