HIKING TRAILS

PCT Day 113 August 21, 2021 Mile: 2097.9 to 2103.0 (5.1 miles) Start: Hotel in Portland, Oregon & Timberline Lodge, Mount Hood Finish: Campsite at Lost Creek Shannon and I woke up around 7am when our alarms went off to catch the 8:45am train out of Portlandia to connect to a couple of bus connections […]

PCT Day 96 to 112 August 3 to 20, 2021 Off trail for foot injuries and wildfire smoke inhalation  Start: Mammoth Lakes, CA In betweenies: South Lake Tahoe & Sacramento, CA Finish: Portland, OR Shannon and I left the town of Mammoth Lakes, California early in the morning to catch a couple of buses to

PCT Day 95  August 3, 2021  Mile: 915.9 to 915.0 (southbound 0.9 mile)  Start: Cliffside campsite above Agnew meadows Finish: Shilo Inn at Mammoth Lakes via the bus Agnew Meadows  This morning I was super excited to wake up and start hiking because today we were going to cross into the famous Yosemite National Park,

PCT Day 94  August 2, 2021  Mile: 906.6 to 915.9 (9.3 miles) Start: Hotel in Mammoth Lakes via Red’s Meadow  Finish: Cliffside campsite above Agnew Meadows This morning Shannon’s foot felt great and the swelling had gone down significantly over the past few days so it was time to get our butts back on the

PCT Day 88 to 93  July 27 to August 1, 2021  Mile: 901.1 to 906.6  Start: Deer Creek campsite Finish: Hotel in the ski resort town of Mammoth Lakes via Red’s Meadow  This morning we woke up super early and hiked out with granola bar breakfasts in hand, ditching the young kids who started a

PCT Day 87  July 26, 2021  Mile: 878.7 to 901.1 (22.4 miles) Start: Mono Creek campsite Finish: Deer Creek stealth campsite To our surprise, Shannon and I were one of the first hikers to leave camp in the morning. We thought that by 8:30am the whole campsite would be cleared out early as a couple

PCT Day 86  July 25, 2021  Mile: 874.5 to 878.7 (+5 miles of side trail, 4 miles road walking) Start: Mono Hot Springs campground Finish: Tentsites next to the bridge crossing over Mono Creek After a restless night of living in the warzone with the black bears, we woke up kind of late, sleeping in

PCT Day 84 July 23, 2021  Mile: 843.3 to 863.7  Start: Evolution Creek cliffside campsite Finish: Lakeside camp snuggled in the woods next to Sallie Keyes Lake Shannon and I took our time this morning waking up, enjoying the nice cool and shaded sanctuary that the tall mountains around Evolution Lake provided. We had a

PCT Day 83  July 22, 2021  Mile: 820.4 to 843.3 (22.9 miles) Start: Palisades Lake Island campsite Finish: Evolution Lake cliffside tentsite The sunrise this morning was absolutely gorgeous, tinting the clouds shades of pale orange, soft peaches and glowing golds over the mountain peaks. I was up early to start hiking but Shannon was

PCT day 74 to 80 July 13 to July 19, 2021  Mile: 788.5 to 788.5 (+6 miles down Kearsarge Pass Trail) Start: Tiny towns of Independence & Bishop, California Finish: Unnamed alpine lake near Bullfrog Lake at Kearsarge Pass Trail Shannon and I left the very friendly town of Independence, CA that was so small

PCT Day 73 July 12, 2021 Mile: 774.7 to 788.5 (plus 7.5 mile side trail from town) (21.3 miles) Start: Tyndall Creek tent site hiding from the thunderstorm  Finish: The Courthouse Motel in Independence, California via Kearsarge Pass Trail Today was a town day!!! That meant we were very motivated for once to wake up

PCT Day 72 July 11 2021  Mile: 766.3 to 774.7 (plus 1.1 mile of Mount Whitney trail) (9.5 miles) Start: Crabtree Meadows  End: early camping in thunderstorms and hail at Tyndall Creek tentsite Shannon and I slept in, chilling and enjoying the soft chirps and whistles of the birds flitting in the forest, the soft

PCT Day 71  July 10, 2021  Mile: 766.3 (15 mile round trip to the summit of Mount Whitney and 4000 feet elevation gain) Start: Crabtree Meadows to Mount Whitney summit and back Finish: Crabtree Meadows I was super nervous this morning when we woke up and immediately suggested to Shannon that we sleep in to

PCT Day 70  July 9, 2021  Mile: 750.8 to 766.3 (plus 1.1 mile up the Mount Whitney trail)  Start: Chicken Spring Lake  Finish: Crabtree Meadows on the Mount Whitney approach trail We slept on the beach of Chicken Spring Lake until about 7:30am, enjoying the cool mountain air, listening to the sound of the waves

PCT Day 63 to 69 July 2 to July 8, 2021 Mile: 744.5 to 750.8  Start: hotel in the desert town of Lone Pine, California Finish: beachside camping at Chicken Spring Lake One of the first things we did when we got off the mountains at a cool 80 degrees at 10,000 feet elevation and

PCT Day 62  July 1, 2021  Mile: 730.8 to 744.5 (plus 2 miles via Mulkey Pass Trail) (15.7 miles) Start: Death Canyon Creek campsite Finish: Portal Motel in Lone Pine, CA via the Mulkey Pass Trail We woke up in the dappled shade, the cool air and soft breezes making it super difficult to get

PCT Day 61  June 30, 2021 Mile: 706.9 to 730.8 (23.9 miles) Start: South Fork Kern River campsite snuggled in some rocks and pines Finish: Death Canyon campsite (aka Death by Mosquitoes Campsite) Early this morning, 4 very noisy section hikers (aka people who hike part of the Pacific Crest Trail) decided for us that