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PCT Day 136, Highway S2 to past Sunrise Trailhead junction, 18 miles

Ted and Richard hand me a bottle of water before saying goodbye as I head into the mountains for the last night alone on the PCT.

Dreams and reality are opposites. Action synthesizes them. – Assata Shakur I wake up with the sun even though we were up late talking and laughing in the hotel’s beautiful lobby. It’s so nice to have Richard right there next to me, though he begs for more rest. I mess around with my pack on […]

PCT Day 134, Highway 79 to water cache, 19 miles

A happy trail worker on the desert section of the PCT.

You never find yourself until you face the truth. – Pearl Bailey I have seen lots of animals on this hike including black bears and marmots, rattlesnakes and golden eagles, but nothing has gotten too cozy or threatened to steal my food until my stay at one of the Warner Springs Resort cabins. There’s a […]

PCT Day 132, Mikes’s Place to Highway 74 (Warner Springs) 17 miles

It was usually long walk off-trail to get water in the desert.

Sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith. – Margaret Shepherd No beings – animal or otherwise – came round last night. I slept soundly in our little piece of sand next to a shack, the moon’s reflection in the windows looking like eyes. Mike doesn’t show, but I am so grateful he […]

PCT Day 131, ridge above Anza to Mike’s Place, 19 miles

The PCT is wide enough in the desert to avoid the "jumping" Cholla.

There is nothing more pathetic than caution when headlong might save a life, even possibly, your own. – Meryl Streep I wake before dawn in time to see a grapefruit slice of moon setting. The wind picks up and I tuck deeper into Big Greenie. It’s too gusty when we wake to make coffee from […]

PCT Day 130, Cedar Spring to ridge above Anza, 18 miles

Sunset over Anza, California from a secret campsite.

I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. – Mary Anne Radmacher How strange it is to cowgirl camp under the big trees, acorn bombs falling most of the night and a nearly full moon shining through the branches. When I close my eyes, I’m just […]

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

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

The road to success is always under construction. Lily Tomlin It was a night of dueling owls and a morning of dueling doves. A falling star flew through the sky just as Ted informs me it‘s 5:00. I guess manually changing your iPhone clock ahead of daylight savings doesn’t work since my clock reads 4:00. […]