This is the entrance to the Grand Canyon? It sure is, but without a permit I camped nearby and took way too many pictures of my tent. Not in a hurry to go anywhere, except the food in town is all super expensive. Supposedly it’s cheaper inside the park. Maybe tomorrow the Grand Canyon. #grandcanyon […]
Tag: stealth camping
AZT to Tusayan
Pushed the last 26 miles into Tusayan to have McDonald’s earlier than planned. Only the jokes on me, the McDonald’s has been torn down. Had to settle for Wendy’s, and had to knock on the door to be let in since they close at 6pm on Sundays. But I got my burger. All is well […]
AZT to CDT via Tombstone, AZ
Hiked into Tombstone to see the OK Coral and Boot Hill Cemetery. Didn’t take enough pictures. Realized that I was going to miss my ride to New Mexico unless I hustled… so I hitchhiked rather than walk the last 30 miles to the train station. #greatday
Stealth Camping Superior, AZ
Nothing to do. Not enough battery life to be on my phone. So I meditate, wondering how many people could do 40 Days and Nights in the wilderness these days. Even if all of your food and shelter was taken care of, how long would you last without your phone? Without contact of any kind? […]
San Jacinto Cowboy Camping
What a fantastic night! Hiked the PCT partway up San Jacinto, not as far as I’d hoped but I had a painful blister from the hole in my toe socks. I’d drained some of it yesterday morning but it came back with a vengeance. I cowboy camped 150 ft west of the water faucet off […]
Windmill Farm Stealth Camping
I managed to get to the Metrolink Station to catch the last bus towards Cabazon. From the Morongo Casino I walked back to the PCT and what I hoped would be a warmer stretch of trail. Only it was so late and I was limping from a few newly formed blisters that I didn’t exactly […]
PCT Stealth Camping Location Ruined
East of Cabazon, CA on the PCT Watching trains of double stacked cargo containers roll by, each one filling the horizon from right to left. All the way. Windmills on the hills and 4.5 miles to go before a campsite. It’s not even 9 am and I have been sitting here for a while enjoying […]
Freezing on the PCT
I wasn’t trying to outdo or even replicate Trauma and Pepper who had done a winter traverse of the PCT the year before. I was just early. And I had nowhere else to go. Last night was the coldest I have ever had with this sleep system. This 40 degree F summer bag. All in […]
First PCT Hike
Mile 335.64 of the PCT. I was dropped off at Cajon Pass on I-15 just after noon. Despite hating most fast food I had a burger and fries at the iconic McDonald’s there. $3.45, the only money I’d spent that day putting me well under my $10 a day hiking budget.I hiked down to the […]