Our 13th day on the Pacific Crest Trail. We left late from Idyllwild and resumed hiking via the Devil’s Slide Trail in Humber park. This is our second time writing this post; WordPress dropped the first when we tried to upload it. Start location: Idyllwild, CA End location: PCT mile 182, at a campsite just before the start of Mt
Read moreWordPress dropped this post. It had been about 10 paragraphs long and included 6 photos. The WordPress Android app is terrible. We had lots of problems with it on the AT, and the same problems continue this year. The WordPress developers believe that the Android app supports atomic commits, but there are very big bugs in that “atomic” behavior when
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Our 11th and 12th days on the PCT. We hitchhiked to Idyllwild and took a zero day there. Day 11 (April 29) Started at: Mile 135, 2 miles south of Tule Spring Stopped at: Idyllwild, CA (trail mile 152) Miles hiked: 17 Miles hitchhiked: 19 –Started walking early (7 am), before the other two couples we camped with had even
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Our tenth day on the Pacific Crest Trail. Trail magic (burgers!) at trail angel Mike Herrera’s oasis. Rick/Apollo is battling blisters. Start location: Agua Caliente creek at mile 115 End location: mile 135 at a 3-tent site right off the trail Miles hiked: 20 April 28th, 2015 We woke early-ish and were walking by 8am. We had to start our
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Our 8th and 9th days on the Pacific Crest Trail. We battled wind, desert heat, and cows. We resupplied in Warner Springs. Day 8: April 26 Start location: mile 86 in a dry creekbed’s camp site End location: mile 105 along San Ysidro Creek Miles hiked: 19 Woke up at mile 86ish after getting through the prior night without the
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Our fifth day on the Pacific Crest Trail. We left “Kickoff” at Lake Morena before the event ended, resumed hiking. And made it 6 miles to Mt Laguna Campground. Vehicle Start: Lake Morena, CA Vehicle end/hiking start: Burnt Rancheria Campground, Mt Laguna, CA (mile 42) Hiking end: Mt Laguna Campground, Mt Laguna, CA (mile 47.5) Miles hiked: 5.5 Miles hitchhiked:
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Our fourth day on the PCT. We hitchhiked from Mt Laguna to Lake Morena to attend “Annual Day Zero PCT Kick-Off” aka adzpctko. We got free burritos and attended seminars about the trail. Start location: Burnt Rancheria Campground, Mt Laguna, CA End location: adzpctko at Lake Morena County Park Miles hiked: 0 Miles hitchhiked: about 30 After waking up at
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Our third day on the Pacific Crest Trail. We left the desert ecosystem and climbed to pine groves at 6100 feet elevation. Start location: Lake Morena County Park End Location: Burnt Rancheria campground Miles hiked: 21 We woke early today and were walking by 7:30am. Early departures are rare for us. Many people left Lake Morena around the same time;
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Our second day on the Pacific Crest Trail. Desert flowers, a broken camera, and a dry Lake Morena. Start point: Mile 11.4 stealth site End point: Lake Morena County Park Distance hiked: 9mi We woke up at roughly 6:30am. Many hikers passed us between then and the time we left; we took our normal slow time getting out of
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Additional photos from our first day on the Pacific Crest Trail. Desert flowers and scenic vistas.
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