Toothless hiked all day on his own again. We went mostly on trail but had to dip into the creek and a few challenging gullies which slowed us down. Today was just 6 miles. What's hard for him is the transitions. He gets lots of breaks, can easily sustain this level of activity at home. … Continue reading PCT 2015 Day 27: I’m trying to sleep
We gave Toothless that name when he was a baby to prevent us from using his real name online. Now that he's 4 he can choose his own trail name. He's been trying on trail names since Campo. But the one that stuck is the first one. Secret. Mica gave him that name on day … Continue reading PCT 2025: Aside: Toothless is now “Secret”
Cake walks aren't fast. But they aren't particularly difficult and someone always is goofing off. Today we walked on Mission Creek all day. The rocks are slow going for 4 year old. But hiking in the creek, the cool temperature and the interesting terrain made for a fun day for Toothless and us. As usual … Continue reading PCT 2025 Day 26: cake walk
Well it was a hard ish start. Today was kind of a rough day and Natasha and I were not happy with each other all morning. It was hot. We tried to leave the preserve on time. Toothless was having a hard time transitioning to hiking and honestly is sometimes terrible at understanding his body … Continue reading PCT 2025 Day 25: Mission: Creek
Today we woke at Nitsy's ready to go. We ate. Had coffee. Drank Gatorade and water. And used the bathroom. Natasha and I scrambled to get our packs packed up. We didn't have a chance last night with dealing with the kids and bedtime routine. We had barely got the food and laundry sorted before … Continue reading PCT 2025 Day 24: unintentional and unwanted zero
We started an hour early to try to hit the cooler weather. That didn't work. Again like 30 deg by 9am. I carried Toothless nearly all day. We were staying at a trail angels place tonight. Our goal is the water faucet then her place. We made good time. We met rattly the rattlesnake (Toothless … Continue reading PCT 2025 Day 23: rattley the rattle snake. Then food and shower
We started day 22 at our usual time. It was too late. We got out of the forest in like half an hour then onto the desert again. It was HOT. So sun exposed. So at like 9am it was mid 20 deg C. We found a shade rock at and it was 17 deg. … Continue reading PCT 2025 Day 22: so much sun
I ran out of battery on my phone so had limited notes and photos today. We had a hard day in lots of snow. Hard with kids. It was a lot at the end of the day. The snow started soft and not technical - just a lot of effort. Then I noticed the snow … Continue reading PCT 2025 Day 21: last of the snow
What an awesome site. We woke in good moods The wind let up last night so we were fairly warm. There was some condensation in the tent but it evaporated quickly this morning. Since we had snow access we used it for diaper laundry and got going a few minutes later than usual. We had … Continue reading PCT 2025 Day 20: snow angel
We camped last night not far from the first high consequence slope. The one that Trevor died at. So we were planning on getting there in the morning. We were slow. Toothless hiked most of the day and this stretch was the start. We got there still in the morning but later than anticipated. The … Continue reading PCT 2025 Day 19: snow what
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