Hard to believe how life on trail just throws the most surprising and unexpected things at you! Anybody who is thinking about it: please consider hiking the PCT or another…

Monster day! Not on purpose but by necessity. First a somewhat easy 7 miles to the Mill Creek Fire Station (where there are tables, water, a toilet and garbage can),…

I can’t believe it’s already April 22! 18 days done, 17 or so to go (roughly). I was hoping to be in Kennedy Meadows by May 9 and home by…

Well there isn’t much to report from a Zero besides rest, eat, walk into town, coffee, rest, repeat. So technically it was a Three since I walked 1.5 miles into…

As much as I like waking up outside and seeing the stars and the moon at night, it’s definitely convenient not having to pack up the tent! I was awake…

Less walking, more resting. After an uneventful night (cool but not freezing) I enjoyed an early morning start (left at 6:20am), with the wind picking up already. My leg muscle…

Not quite as cruisy a day as yesterday … actually pretty tough going today, despite it being mostly downhill! With 20 miles yesterday and 20 miles today, those are big…

After a relaxing night at Kenny’s we all got up and gathered for breakfast. Kenny was in full-on cooking mode and everybody was sitting and enjoying coffee. Since Kenny is…

I guess it was expected … at 8100ft it gets cold. Mission Camp lived up to it. It was a freezing night. I had all my jackets on, zipped up…

Somehow I didn’t take a lot of pictures today since I was too focused on the CLIMB! We were commenting how everybody talks about San Jacinto and the tricky spots…

After a second restful night, I was picked up at 7am by local trail angel Grumpy (same guy who drove us on Monday). Because this was further away, Eddie and…

I can see why Idyllwild is so popular with hikers for a zero … it’s a relaxing small place! Everybody I’ve seen today was cleaned up and happy! I slept…