peeps of the PCT: Benita, Idyllwild Innkeeper
Historic Silver Pines Lodge has seen its share of “Hiker Trash,” but the innkeeper says it’s enriching.
PCT Day 133, zero, Warner Springs
The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present. – Barbara De Angelis Behold! The final ‘zero mile day of this epic hike, and all I have to show for it is this haiku – Luxurious restat mile one-hundred-and-nine.Hop, skip, smile, the end! […]
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’m amazed at how exhausted I am. Another zero seems to do the trick and I have just enough time to enjoy it in this lovely village tucked into the mountains. I should finish walking […]
TA Day 77, Side trip! Abel Tasman National Park
Huge forested hills seem to grow out of turquoise water in a series of golden sand inlets and bays.
TA Day 76, zero day, Nelson
A brilliant day in Nelson with new friends from Minnesota who found me on MPR.
TA Day 66, zero day
Trail Angels Rob and George insist I take a zero day and they give me Veet to finally clean up my legs.
TA Day 36, ‘zero day’ Waitomo
Waitomo is the perfect day for a “zero mile” rest day at the Hamilton Tomo Hut.
TA Day 25, zero day, Auckland
Absolutely exhausted from a month of walking, Blissful takes a well-deserved rest day, or “zero.”
TA Day 9 – zero day, Kaeo
I take my first “zero day” near Kaeo and eat mussels, oysters and take a huge nap.
