I am posting to the blog with a bit of a time lag for both privacy and to give me time to actually write the posts. I write this at bedtime to reflect on my day. Then post when in town with wifi Right now on trail is Natasha's birthday. Unfortunately I forgot to get … Continue reading PCT 2025 Day 18: happy birthday Natasha

Or Toothless talks my ears off and tells funny jokes. We packed up pretty efficiently. We ate. Toothless for more TV. Lil Flier played with paper plates and things and practiced standing. We checked out and got a ride with Grumpy and shared the car with Sam. Sam told us that the other family that … Continue reading PCT 2025 Day 17: out of Idyllwild and over the hills

Today we have to: Figure out our plan. How many days to next resupply. Where to resupply next? Buy resupply Ship resupply to next location if needed. Ship bounce box. Make baskets fit poles Glue Velcro on Toothless shoes for gaiters Kids play and go to library Eat more Figure out ride to PVC I … Continue reading PCT 2025 Day 16: zero in Idyllwild

So Toothless has become notoriously opposed to "spicy" food despite us eating and offering it at home since he was an infant. But Little Bear Hostel only had the flaming hot variety of snacks. Thankfully Toothless was all in on trying it out and was liking the spiciness. So today we ate spicy Cheetos and … Continue reading PCT 2025 Day 15: flaming hot Cheeto challenge

It was a pretty good day. We slept well on our FLAT campsite last night. I had to adjust the poles a few times. The wind was wild but we stayed snug and the tent was pitched well. We actually broke camp early. 745am and we were hiking. We usually break camp at 8:10am so … Continue reading PCT 2025 Day 14: trail angels – little bear hostel

We woke inside a cloud. The inside of the tent was damp. Our quilts are a bit damp. It was raining a bit outside. We all packed up carefully in the tent and tried to break camp as much as possible with the kids in the tent then take the tent down last. This is … Continue reading PCT 2025 Day 13: singing in the rain

Not every day is going to be a great day. Today had the potential to turn out great but a few things caused it to turn out to be "a hard day". Which we thankfully turned around in the end. But man was it hard. Why could it have been great? The weather was cool … Continue reading PCT 2025 Day 12: comedy of errors

We got up from our campsite and broke camp pretty quickly. We were heading to Warner Springs and need to get there before the post office closes. We bounced a box ahead with some pull ups and gluten free food. We want to dip into it (in particular because Toothless has been using the same … Continue reading PCT 2025 Day 11: Warner Springs is amazing

Last night was wild. So much wind. The tent was thrashing at night. It held up but I definitely had some anxiety. I also realized our line locks were slipping. I'm not sure if it's the cable or just due to how much the wind was thrashing the tent but I'll need to check on … Continue reading PCT 2025 Day 10: I like to moove it moove it