Pacific Crest Trail
After several years of planning and preparing, we are finally ready to step out on the Pacific Crest Trail! We’ll be hitting the trail on March 24th at the southern terminus on the Mexican border in Campo California. We’ll post updates here, as often as we are able. Happy Trails!
Day 17 4/10
We started the morning a little later, knowing we needed to hitch a ride back to Humber Park where we would hike a 2.5 mile side trail to rejoin the PCT. THEN, we could continue our PCT trek. After walking a mile up the road, we caught a ride in the back of a pickup...
Day 16: 4/9
After a rough day on trail yesterday, we decided to take a zero in Idyllwild. It's a very cute little town! We were able to spend time with some other hikers, get some chores done, and finally pick up our UPS box! Sean reinforced his pack frame with a piece of plastic...
Day 15 4/8
We woke up earlier than usual this morning anxious to make it through a couple of steep snow banks before the sun had a chance to soften the snow. I was even more anxious about my broken pack frame holding up for one more day. This section of trail worked its way up...
Day 14: 4/7/21
Today is our 5 month-iversary of being married! The scenery switched back and forth between desert and forest as we hiked through the morning. We encountered more giant pine cones and conifers as we closed in on the San Jacinto Wilderness. About halfway into our...
Day 13 4/6
Adapt and overcome is the motto for today. A few days ago, we were supposed to pick up a package in Warner Springs, containing our microspikes and ice axes for the upcoming San Jacinto mountains. The package never arrived (It was sitting in a warehouse in San Diego.),...
Day 11 4/4
With a 17+ mile day ahead of us, we set an alarm for 5am...but ended up snoozing until 5:30am. We broke camp and made our way back onto the trail. We rock hopped across Aqua Caliente stream several times before climbing back into the hillside. We hit another big...
Day 10: 4/3/21
Today we slept in! Our ride, Kym, was scheduled to open the market where we camped. She gave us a ride to Warner Springs post office around 9:30am. When we got to the post office, we were able to pick up packages for other hikers, but our package with our winter gear...
Day 12: 4/5/21
Today we woke up around 5:30am with a plan to hike to Mary's place. Thankfully, there was less brush this morning than yesterday. Sean ran into a snake, but I missed it. After several miles we filled up on water at Tulle Spring. We trudged through sand for several...
Day 9 4/2
We woke up early today to start hiking before the heat came. We were low on water and were continuing along a dry stretch of trail. It was a bit windy to start, just ask Amy's hat! We made good time in the morning and found our water source for the day. Volunteers...