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PCT Day 17-20 – Are you guys even hiking anymore? (aka The Ultimate Grandma Treatment)

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

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PCT Day 13 – Grumpy the Trail Angel and his cavemen (and cavewomen)

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

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PCT Day 10 – Breakfast of Champions: Gas station hot dogs and Modelo tall boys

PCT Day 10  Mile 109.3 to 119.6  Start: Endangered toad campsite near Warner Springs, CA   Finish: Lost Valley springs tentsite You could feel the excitement at camp building this morning as hikers waited in anticipation for the Post Office to open. Oh boy – you can tell how exciting things get out here on the

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PCT Day 6 – Fighter jets, mountain lions and resting our delicate hiker feet in Julian, CA

PCT Day 6 Mile: 73.4 to 77.3 Start: Campsite just outside the Scissors and Julian road crossing Finish: Comfy hotel room in Oak Hill Inn Julian, California Weather: Hot and mountain lion-y We slept in a bit this morning (if sleeping till 6am is considered sleeping in) and when the hot desert sun started to

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