Cowboy Camping on the PCT
PCT Mile 372.77, 450 feet off trail to the north Cowboy camped here last night. For whatever reason, I have decided to stay. So for tonight, I set up my tarp between two Ponderosa pines, too close together, but...
Drinking Snow on the PCT
Out of Wrightwood Camp cabins by 8am. Nobody in the office to say thank you or ask to stay another night. For some reason, I have staying here for Easter services in my head. Potluck? Free Dinner? As it...
Fugitive on the PCT
What a weird day already. And it’s only 11am. First, there was ice on both my sleeping bag and bivy. So I unzipped the bivy and figured I’d lay there until the sun melted and dried both while I...
Hitchhiking off the PCT
Still camped in the trees less than half a mile behind the Paradise Valley Cafe. Halfway back to the PCT. My tent is up but nobody can see me. Ate a burger, rehydrated, then had a vanilla milkshake. Didn’t...
Paradise Valley Cafe, PCT
Got here just before 3pm. Planned on staying until close and camping nearby. The waitress said that behind the restaurant is all national forest land but I’m also welcome to sleep on the front patio area if I’d like....
Warner Springs, PCT
Leap year? Who knew it? Did the eight miles into Warner Springs this morning. No real reason to stay apparently. Met “Brew” who was thru hiking and had spent two days tenting at the resource center. He’d missed the...
Water Cache on the PCT
Warm night, and it would have been comfortable if it wasn’t for this damn sore throat. Hurts to swallow and breathe. Hiked out after 7am. What a dry section of trail. The whole time I’m hiking the 20+ (25?)...
Rattlesnake on the PCT
I hiked north, up the mountains, figuring that I didn’t need to spend any more money and so what if my phone died for a day or two before I could charge it. Only the cold that I’d been...
Mom’s Pie Shop, PCT, Julian, CA
Hiked out to the 50 mile mark last night and slept just off trail where I thought the early morning sun would hit me the soonest. I wrapped my all weather blanket around the bivy and slept pretty decent....
Mt. Laguna Store, PCT
Hiked in for the cheeseburgers at the Pine something Lodge, Pine House Tavern? Maybe Pine House Cafe? Anyway, I heard they were some of the best along the trail. Only they don’t open until 5pm on Thursdays, and are...