Southern California | blissful hiker- Part 2

PCT Day 128, zero, Idyllwild

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for. – Maureen Dowd

I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have

I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. – Mary Anne

There is nothing more pathetic than caution when headlong might save a life, even possibly, your own. – Meryl Streep

Sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith. – Margaret Shepherd No beings – animal or otherwise –

The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the

You never find yourself until you face the truth. – Pearl Bailey I have seen lots of animals on this

If you have the courage to fail, then you have the courage to succeed. – Shalane Flanagan Desert sunrises are

Dreams and reality are opposites. Action synthesizes them. – Assata Shakur I wake up with the sun even though we

A sign shows me I how far I've come and how far I have to go to finish the PCT.

To me, there’s no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first. – Janean Garofalo It’s quasi

You don’t choose the day you enter the world and you don’t chose the day you leave. It’s what you

It's a long 18-mile stretch in desert to Hiker Town, one of the oddest places I slept along the PCT.

Historic Silver Pines Lodge has seen its share of "Hiker Trash," but the innkeeper says it's enriching.

The owner of Laguna Mountain Lodge & Store gives us good rules to live by: lighten up and be nice.