Up early again even though neither of us slept great on account of the wind. I wanted to get to the bathroom before all the car campers got there but I was still too late, even at 6am. A lady kept trying the door and then loudly called “are you going to be long?” …chill…More

An easy day was planned to let our bodies recover a bit from the last two days. We rolled out of camp around 7 to try to beat the heat and just casually made our way around the trail. I was feeling the last couple days catch up to me so I was going slow.…More

I slept poorly last night, probably because of my aching feet and body. I took some ibuprofen around 1 am and finally was able to relax. Up at 5 again but I forced myself to shut my eyes a little longer and woke up around 5:45 to start getting ready. The morning miles were pretty…More

I woke up at 5 and definitely didn’t want to be awake yet. Jake was still sleeping so I curled up and tried to go back to sleep for a bit. We both got up around 6 and started to get ready to hike. It always takes a while to get everything together and this…More

I woke up not feeling great with a little bit of chills and queasiness. This was a bummer because it’s not the first time this has happened right before we head back to trail. We didn’t even eat anything too crazy this time in town. Lots of veggies and fruits and we didn’t even get…More

Sleeping in just a little felt so awesome. We did all of our laundry last night so all we really needed to do today was hit up the grocery and get fuel for Jake’s stove. First we needed breakfast so we headed to Teddy’s. While we were eating we planned out the hiking for the…More

0 Miles Packed up and out of the room around 8, walked down to the grocery store to get our resupply. Since our ride was taking us to a different spot we had to figure out a new plan for resupply, which put us at needing 7 days of food compared to the 3 we…More

0 miles A good portion of the day was spent trying to figure out a ride around the fire closure and then figuring out our resupply strategy up to Kennedy Meadows. Mountain Hardware is primarily a hardware store, but carries a ton of hiker supplies and is the hub for all things PCT in Wrightwood.…More

5 miles Casual morning, on trail around 7:30. Passed by some ski lifts and had a great view of Mt. Baden-Powell. We’re planning to hitch around the fire closure, which includes skipping the mountain, but that’s okay. We had packed microspikes all the way from the border because Mt. San Jacinto and Mt. Baden-Powell are…More

17 milesI could hear other hikers getting around in the morning before I wanted to be awake. Eventually we both sat up and started the morning routine. Topped off water at the cache before rolling out around 7. Hoops was still around, but took off while we filled up. We expected the same misty, shaded…More

19 miles Wind was howling all night, but the tent held up great. The slight chance of rain didn’t materialize so we got lucky with the weather: cloudy, windy, and cool. Craving McDonald’s, we moved quickly hitting Mackas around 1. The hiking was fun, starting by climbing up into a misty cloud. Along the way…More

14 miles Didn’t sleep well because the wind gusts kept pulling stakes out. Finally, around 11pm, I got the pitch and stakes worked out. By morning the wind had nearly stopped completely, oh well, learning opportunity. A quick 3 miles to water, then another 5.5 where we stopped to have an early lunch, knowing we’d…More

20 miles On trail around 7, was hot by 10. Got water at a day-use area that had a bunch of litter. More miles until we stopped for lunch next to Deep Creek. Poison oak welcomed us to the spot, but we avoided it as best we could. Got in the creek briefly to soak…More

19 miles I think we might have been the first ones out of camp this morning. However, I also think we stopped the earliest despite doing 19 miles. As usual, the day started off cool, got hot, then cool again in the evening. Our water source was the start of Holcomb Creek, which was barely…More

9 miles Ate bagels from Amangela’s for breakfast, repacked our gear, lamented how heavy our packs are with full resupply, took the bus to Highway 18, caught a hitch in about 5 minutes, and back on trail around 12:45. Cruised through the 9 miles, and arrived at our campsite around 4:45. The campsite had a…More

It was a quiet night but neither of us slept great. The morning was chilly enough that we hiked out of camp in our puffy jackets, at one point I tucked my trekking poles under my arms so I could shove my hands in my pockets. There were only 13 miles to go to the…More

I slept through a mouse attack last night! Some little monster was trying to gnaw at the tent, luckily Jake scared it off because I didn’t even know it had happened. I’ve been taking a benedryl before bed to help calm the heat rash so I’m sure that had something to do with my being…More

We weren’t the last ones to roll out of camp but the sun was already getting warm as we climbed up out of camp along the ridge. All day we were following Mission Creek so we had very short water carries which was a nice change. It was planned to be a fairly short day…More

We rolled out of camp late today and the sun was already hot. We took some time to talk to a hiker who was having a bad couple of days and walked with her a bit to the road where she was planning on getting a hitch to Starbucks. Whatever helps get you through the…More

My alarm going off at 5:30 was incorporated into whatever weird dream I was having but I did eventually come to and turn it off. It took so much effort to get up because we had both been awake a lot since 1:45 am when the wind got crazy. The tent side kept smacking me…More