18 miles
The KOA was surprisingly respectful of hiker midnight, but I wish the hikers had afforded the same courtesy in the morning while hovering around the restrooms. Today is Marie’s birthday! She thinks her birthday is a week long, sometimes she wants it to be her birthday month. We left the KOA around 7:45, which by hiker standards is fairly late, but we seemed to be among the first to head out. The climb out with full resupply is tough, but we made it the 10 miles to Agua Dulce around noon. Marie picked Maria Bonita’s for lunch so we ate huge burritos and a ton of chips with salsa. Also big beers. It was enough to force me to loosen my hipbelt on my pack when we left. We are dry camping tonight so we needed to bring water for the climb out of town and for dinner later. The remaining 8 miles were mainly uphill, but it was worth it for the campsite we got. Great views, plenty of wind cover, no highway noise or trains.
PCT Hike 