New shoes
73 days, 920 miles I just retired my first pair or trail shoes and replaced them with the same model Brooks Caldera 6
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Where’d we come from, Where’d we go?
May 6 – started from Cal/Mx border at Campo, CA June 21 – left the PCT from Walker Pass near Tehachapi Jun 21-27 – spent 6 days in Sacramento Jun 27 – Back in trail at Donner Pass near Truckee/Reno (trail mile 1154 – our mile~650) Jun 27-Jul 6 Donner Pass to Quincy (115 miles)…
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Truckee to Chester
Background The first part of the PCT is primarily a desert starting at the Mexico border at Campo, Ca. The trail continues north for 250 miles to Big Bear Lake, where it turns directly west towards LA. About 30mi North of LA the trail again heads North, then Northeast another 300 miles to the southern…
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PCT Blues
The past 68 days since we started the Pacific Coast Trail have, on the whole, been fantastic. Every day I experience joy, calm, love, and wonder. However, there are moments, sometimes hours, that are just plain hard. This past week I’ve had a few rough times and have also heard from many other hikers who…
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285 miles NW
After leaving the trail at Walker Pass (trail mile 650), we rejoined 285 miles NW at Donner Pass near Truckee, CA (500 trail miles north). We spent a couple of days on the snow, found more familiar trees and lots of mosquitoes Here is a short video from the trail https://youtu.be/2lWzL_s7Uvw
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Welcome to NorCal
After deciding to skip the High Sierra (for now -we’ll be back for it someday!) we were very happy to spend about a week in Sacramento with friends (thank you Virginia, Matt, Emmitt,and Fiona for hosting and letting us turn a 2 night stay into six days!). While there we determined our next starting point…
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Kristi’s Desert Highlights
Here are 50 of my favorite scenes from the desert section of our Pacific Crest Trail adventure (from the Mexico border to Walker Pass, roughly 650 miles). Some words that stick out from this section are: Flowering Cacti. Grape soda lupine. Evergreen trees. Manazanita. Lizards – so darn cute. Wind: either welcome relief or tent-destroying…
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Jeremy’s Desert Highlights
7 minutes covering many of our favorite parts of the desert including the trail, campsites, water, plants, small animals, and people-sized animals
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Day of Rest
After finishing 40 days and nights of walking through the desert we took a much needed day off or “zero” day in Tehachapi. Our roughly 48 hour schedule included showers, laundry, eating salads, shopping for our next week of food, naps, and hanging out with some new friends from the trail – all of whom…
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Mushrooms of the Pacific Crest Trail
All the mushrooms we have found during our first 40 days on the PCT Campo to Tehachapi, Ca Trail miles 1-566 May 6 – June 15 2023 Learn more about what mushrooms we found here
