Posts about hiking in SoCal on the PCT
Today was kind of a long day. We hiked 10.4 miles. Most of it in great moods. We saw mess Life again today and signed his tyvek groundsheet this morning. That was cool. Several thru hikers stopped to talk or at least hiked with us for a beat One solo hiker gave Secret/Toothless a candy … Continue reading Day 34: long day
It was one of those nice days where I probably got frustrated at little things. The highlight of the day was hiking up with a view of the mountains and the lakes. Secret liked that view. I did too. We talked a lot about random stuff. The usual. We ended up camping further from the … Continue reading Day 33: The boats are so tiny
We left big bear We decided to hitch a ride. We stood by the hotel and tried to hitch and got someone pulled over almost immediately. What luck! We were picked up by Dakota in her minivan with her kids. They were in between a ceremony for softball and the actual game and had time … Continue reading Day 32: Outta Bear
We took a zero in big bear. It was great The bus line is free and easy. Straight to the grocery store. We did errands. Got some Starbucks. Got our food. We borrowed Paddington 2 from the hotel and Secret watched it. And has been talking about it for the past week. We ate well. … Continue reading Day 31: Big Bear Zero
Today we hiked into town. A little over 8 miles. Toothless could have done the entire day by 3 or 4 pm but I carried him the last three miles to get into town earlier. We ended up at the trailhead at HW18 at 2:15 pm. There was trail magic - Toothless got a sprite. … Continue reading PCT 2025 Day 30: too many bears
So Natasha has picked up FOUR mylar balloons on trail. And she found a Fifth that she couldn't safely retrieve. And she shall be named "Party City" for the rest of the PCT.
Another good day. I love this part of the trail. Toothless hiked 9.9 miles (holy crap). And had fun. Man. We have been considering our Sierra plan. We might attempt but the challenge is our packs are not appropriate for carrying bear cans with our gear volume. I knew this would be an issue. We … Continue reading PCT 2025 Day 29: short of a tenner
I didn't think it would be but it was a good day. Toothless started out being disregulated and hitting me. I notice this happens sometimes when we talk to another hiker. Not every time but sometimes. Maybe he's getting overwhelmed. This morning it was a woman right outside our camp asking about the trip. In … Continue reading PCT 2025 Day 28: I saw the cabin
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”
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