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 89 6/21/2021
As we were packing to leave Sierra City, I found an old bat with a hand painted inspirational message! We caught a hitch out of town back to the trail which saved us a mile and a half of road walking. This was huge as we had a steep 3,000 foot ascent shortly after...
Day 88: 6/20/2021
Happy Father's Day! We left camp early this morning eager to reach Sierra City. We hiked up and down for a few miles before descending a few thousand feet. We passed the North Yuba River. There were some pretty cool rock formations and caves that could be seen partly...
Day 87 6/19/2021
This morning we woke up, ate, packed and made use of the "facilities" near the cabin before heading out on trail. Apparently, they built the outhouse two stories tall for the winter time when snow can drift more than 10 feet! Despite the interesting name, we did not...
Day 86: 6/18/2021
After leaving our camp near Squaw Creek this morning, the trail descended through some rocky terrain with great views. We then climbed towards Tinker Knob. We hiked down from Tinker Knob over several miles. Eventually, we came across a snow chute we had to traverse....
Day 85 6/17/2021
This morning started off clear and calm turning the small lake we camped near into a reflecting pond. We hiked up trail through pine forests occassionally broken up by clearings and meadows. There were wildflowers coming up and at first glance from a distance, they...
Day 84: 6/16/2021
We've had some holes in our sleeping pad but weren't able to find them in Lake Tahoe. So, we decided to sleep in this morning and left Lake Aloha late. We passed several lakes throughout the morning as we climbed. And we passed some more lakes and pretty landscape...
Day 83 6/15/2021
We took care of a few town chores in Tahoe this morning including laundry and getting our food bags sorted and packed. Then, we rented a couple Lime scooters and rode to the post office to mail a few pieces of gear home. The scooters were a little awkward with packs...
Update 6/20/2021
Hello everyone and Happy Father's day! Just a quick update: we're still on trail but are having issues getting adequate signal to upload blog posts for the past week. We're looking forward to updating our blog later this week when we make it to our next resupply...
Day 82: 6/14/2021
We left Showers Lake early this morning. The trail was a bit rocky but pretty. We saw a number of hikers since the PCT joined the Tahoe Rim Trail before Showers Lake. We reached Highway 50 around noon and were able to hitch a ride to South Lake Tahoe. We went out to...