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PCT Day 101, saddle, north of Morris Peak to tentsite on ridge beyond Yellow Jacket spring, 22 miles

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse. – Florence NightingaleWhen ‘Flawless’ passed last night,

PCT Day 102, ridge beyond Yellow Jacket Spring to ridge above Kelso Road, 24 miles

Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out

PCT Day 103, ridge above Kelso Road to below windmills, 25 miles

If you’re one of those people who has that little voice in the back of her mind saying, ‘Maybe I

PCT Day 104, below windmills to Highway 58 overpass (Tehachapi) 20 miles

I found that ultimately if you truly pour your heart into what you believe in — even if it makes

PCT Day 105, Highway 58 overpass (Cameron Road) to Tylerhorse Canyon, 25 miles

I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so

PCT Day 106, Tylerhorse Canyon to Hiker Town, 24 miles

Never be ashamed of what you feel. You have the right to feel any emotion that you want, and to

PCT Day 107, Hiker Town to Maxwell Road, 25 miles

I have learned that as long as I hold fast to my beliefs and values – and follow my own

PCT Day 108, Maxwell Road to San Francisquito Road (Casa de Luna) 15 miles

Success, they taught me, is built on the foundation of courage, hard-work and individual responsibility. Despite what some would have

PCT Day 109, San Francisquito Road to Darling Road (Hiker Heaven) 24 miles

I think that passion is the secret ingredient that drives hard work and excellence. – Kelly AyotteTerrie warned me and

PCT Day 110, Hiker Heaven to Messenger Flat Campground, 25 miles

Everyone is a complicated human being, and everyone is strong and weak and funny and scared. – Laverne Cox Cowboy

PCT Day 111, Messenger Flat Campground to Highway 2 and Three Points (Montrose) 27 miles

There are hazards in anything one does but there are greater hazards in doing nothing. –Shirley WilliamsArgh! Just as I

PCT Day 112, zero, Montrose

I like to be a free spirit. Some don't like that, but that's the way I am. – Princess DianaThings

PCT Day 113, Highway 2 and Three Points to ridge below Mount Hawkins, 20 miles

It's very important to take risks. I think that research is very important, but in the end you have to

PCT Day 114, ridge below Mount Hawkins to Inspiration Point (Wrightwood) 14 miles

I can't imagine people telling me what to do - I just can't imagine it. – Jane CampionThis night turns

PCT Day 115, Inspiration Point to dry river bed near Cajon Pass, 26 miles

You've just got to follow your own path. You have to trust your heart and you have to listen to

PCT Day 116, dry river bed near Cajon Pass to ridge above highway 173, 24 miles

I was built this way for a reason, so I'm going to use it. – Simone BilesI adore my camp

PCT Day 117, ridge above highway 173 to Holcomb Creek, 26 miles

The thing that is really hard and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and starting the work of

PCT Day 118, Holcomb Creek to Van Dusen Road (Big Bear Lake) 18 miles

I don’t think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don’t mind the failure but

PCT Day 119, zero, Big Bear Lake

If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner. – Tallulah Bankhead

Day 120, Van Dusen Road to Arrastre Trail Camp, 19 miles

A man told me that for a woman, I was very opinionated. I said, 'For a man, you're kind of

PCT Day 121, Arrastre Trail Camp to ridge above Mission Creek, 18 miles

Sometimes questions are more important than answers. – Nancy WillardBecause it was so cold down in the creek canyon, I

PCT Day 122, ridge above Mission Creek to Whitewater River, 18 miles

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Remember, you have within you the strength, the patience and the passion to

PCT Day 123, Whitewater River to Tamarack Road (Palm Springs), 11 miles

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. – Peace Pilgrim I know

PCT Day 124, zero, Palm Springs

What I learned crashing in Palm Springs for a 'zero' on Halloween and Pride weekend: desert weather is better than

PCT Day 125, Tamarack Road to water faucet, 4 miles

Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you. – Marsha Norman It's a sleeping in kind

The sign warns of potential hazard as the trail leads above tree line on San Jacinto Peak.

PCT Day 126, water faucet to North Fork San Jacinto River, 20 miles

The road to success is always under construction. Lily Tomlin It was a night of dueling owls and a morning

It was hard work getting to the top of San Jacinto Peak, a surprisingly huge mountain in Southern California.

PCT Day 127, San Jacinto River to Saddle Junction (Idyllwild via Devil’s Slide) 10 miles

You have to allow for the impossible to be possible. – Lupita Nyong'o I’m pleased we found a site to