HELLO FROM THE WILDERNESS
Of course we knew we would have no phone reception once we headed into the Sierra range. But we were not expecting that the 7 days from Tehachapi to Kennedy Meadows would be… Continue reading
Category Archive: Travel
HIKING THROUGH TALL GRASS
PCT DAY 32: Mile 577.5 – Mile 599 Sunday May 15, 2016: 21.5 miles (34.5 km) Last night we camped at an elevation of nearly 6,000 feet. It was cold and the wind… Continue reading
BATTLING THE WIND
PCT DAY 31: Mile 558.5 (Willow Spring Rd, Tehachapi) – Mile 577.5 Saturday May 14, 2016: 19 miles (30.5 km) We spent the first few hours of the morning walking through one of Californias… Continue reading
ALMOST A RESTFUL DAY
PCT DAY 30: Tehachapi – Rest Day # 2 Friday May 13, 2016: Zero miles day Our second zero miles day. The first was in Idyllwild in what seems like ages ago. We… Continue reading
INTO TEHACHAPI
PCT DAY 29: Mile 553.5 – Mile 558.5 Thursday May 12, 2016: 5 miles (8 km) Our day started at 5.00am when I reached to close the hood on my sleeping bag as… Continue reading
EMBRACING THE WIND
PCT DAY 28: Mile 535 (Cottonwood Creek) – Mile 553.4 Wednesday May 11, 2016: 18.4 miles PCT ( 29.6 km) It was so beautiful to wake up in the quite of the morning. It… Continue reading
HIKING THE LA AQUEDUCT
PCT DAY 27: Ednas Front Yard (off the PCT) – Mile 535 (Cottonwood Creek) Tuesday May 10, 2016: 21.4 miles (4 miles on road and 17.4 on the PCT (34.2 km) It was… Continue reading
IN THE DOG HOUSE
PCT DAY 26: Mile 476.2 (Casa de Luna) – Ednas Front Yard (off the PCT) Monday May 9, 2016: 21 miles (33.6 km) Where do I start to describe a most unusal day of our… Continue reading
A NIGHT AT CASA DE LUNA
PCT DAY 25: Mile 462.6 – Mile 478.2 (Casa de Luna) Sunday May 8, 2016: 18.2 miles (16 on PCT + 2 to Casa de Luna (29km) So pleased we got the bulk… Continue reading
VASQUEZ ROCKS
PCT DAY 24: Mile 444.4 (Acton KOA) – Mile 462.6 Saturday May 7, 2016: 18.2 miles (29 km) We were awake long before the birds this morning. We could hear an owl hooting in… Continue reading