May 19, 2022 – Exactly one month since starting the PCT Bouquet Canyon Road water cache at mile 465.6 to campsite near Lake Hughes Road at mile 485.8 20.2 miles The plan is to start walking by 5, but naturally that doesn’t happen. By the time DLT and I actually start moving around 5:30, Petra, …
May 18, 2022 Acton KOA at mile 444.3 to Bouquet Canyon Road water cache at mile 465.6 21.3 miles I’m the first one to be packed up in the morning. Turns out, getting breakfast in Agua Dulce is the motivation I need! We all set out as a group, wearing our headlamps and meandering over …
May 17, 2022 0 miles Is there a pleasure in this world greater than waking up, realizing you don’t have to go anywhere, and then falling back asleep? Sigh. This morning is absolute bliss. Around 5:30 I become conscious, then easily slip back into sleep. I snooze like this for the next couple of hours …
May 16, 2022 Tentsite at mile 420.8 to Acton via Soledad Canyon Road at mile 444.3 to Los Angeles with Ellie! 23.5 miles It’s 4:15 and I’m up and moving. I slept all the way though the night, amazingly, and I feel invincible. I am a woman on a mission. I pack up my clothes, …
May 15, 2022 Cooper Canyon Campground at mile 395.2 to tentsite at mile 420.8 25.6 mi I actually sleep well. I think it’s the sound of the creek. I recall that I also slept really well at Mission Creek when the sound of the water and the frogs lulled me to dreamland. Too bad most …
May 14, 2022 Campsite near mile ~376 to Eagles Roost (mi 390.2), then alternate along Highway 2 to Buckhorn Campground junction (mi 394) to Cooper Canyon Camp at mile 395 ~15.2 PCT miles + ~5 miles of road walking to avoid endangered species closure ~20.2 mi total The alarm goes off at 3:55. I immediately …
Continue reading PCT Day 26: Baden-Powell and the Frog Detour
May 13, 2022 Wrightwood to Inspiration Point at mile 369.3 to campsite near mile ~376 6.7 miles I wake up when everyone starts rustling. No! I think. It’s only 6:30! It’s a town day, go back to bed! But it’s too late. They’re on the move. I get up from the squishy floor mattress and …
Continue reading PCT Day 25: Wrightwood and Starting Baden-Powell
May 11, 2022 Dirt road at mile 324.8 to Swarthout Canyon at mile 347.2 22.4 miles I wake up with the start of the sunrise. My quilt is frosted over on the outside, but on the inside, I’m still toasty warm. No one is moving yet, so I think I can get away with a …
May 12, 2022 Swarthout Canyon at mile 347.2 to Inspiration Point parking lot on Highway 2, mile 369.3 to Wrightwood 22.1 miles My alarm rings at 4:40 but I ignore it. I know Andy is heading out early, but I’m not sure I have it in me today. I hear him go from awake to …
May 10, 2022 Deep Creek Hot Springs at mile 307.9 to dirt road at mile 324.8 16.9 miles It’s another slow morning. When I sit up, Andy is coming back from an early dip in the springs. I go get water upstream, then slowly start to pack up. I can’t decide whether to have my …
Sarahmarie Specht-Bird 