Tag: pacific creat trail

Richard is Smokey the Bear

Miles: 1197.1 to 1216.2 Mileage: 19.1, plus 1.5 road walk to the PCT from town Day: 65 We slept in and had breakfast in town. I got eggs Benedict and a waffle donut (waffle, fried and covered in glaze). The store where we sent our resupply packages was to open at 10 a.m., although the […]

From winter to spring in 24 hours in the desert

Miles: 596.6 to 621.9 Mileage: 25.3 (plus 2.2 to get water) Day: 29 I was really hoping the rain would stop at some point overnight. It didn’t. We stayed in our sleeping bags and hoped the rain would stop. It didn’t.  We ignored the alarm, ignored the lightened sky, ignored the water on everything. If […]