June 2021

PCT Day 17-20, where some seriously needed rest days at Trail Angel Sheila’s house! Mile: 209.6 to 226.2 (16.6 miles) Start: Comfy bed at Sheila’s house in Palm Desert End: Soft sandy tentsite next to Mission Creek At Trail Angel Sheila’s house (aka our adopted grandma) Shannon and I would wake up every morning and […]

PCT Day 15  Mile: 181.2 (plus 3.2 miles side trail) to 197.2 (19.2 total miles) Start: Just below the summit of Mount San Jacinto Finish: Tentsite nestled in some manzanita at 4800 feet spared by the 2020 Snow Fire At 5am the alarm went off and we sleepily packed up our bags amongst the patches

PCT Day 13  Mile: 151.8 to 162.7 (+1.3 miles side trail to water and camp) (12.2 total miles) Start: Woods paneled hotel room at Silver Pines Inn, Idyllwild, CA  Stop: Tenting under huge pine trees at Cedar Springs remote campsite  Shannon and I woke up late this morning after recovering from last night’s hiker party

PCT Day 12 Mile 140.2 to 151.8 (11.6 miles) Start: Nance Canyon tentsite  Finish: Paradise Valley Cafe and Silved Pines Inn, Idyllwild, California  We woke up late again to all the hikers camped near us having already packed up and left the nice flat soft sands of Nance Canyon. I think we just need a

PCT Day 11  Mile 119.6 to 140.2 (20.6 miles) Start: Lost Valley Spring tentsite & overlook Finish: Nance Canyon tentsite on a sandy dry creek bottom We woke up at 7am and of course we were the last ones out of camp and everyone was already gone to hike in the cool morning shadows. About