May 24, 2022 - Zero 1 of 2 0 miles Double zero. DOUBLE ZERO! Have I died and gone to heaven? My joints and tendons are so grateful. I wake up in a real bed inside a real house and go to the real bathroom and then get back into the real bed and stretch. …
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May 23, 2022 Campsite at mile 558 to Highway 58 and Tehachapi at mile 566.4 8.4 miles It’s still windy this morning. I don’t want to move at first, but then I remember that we’re going to Tehachapi! Town food! Andy and Beetle! And… hopefully finding a place to stay! I eat a quick breakfast …
May 23, 2022 Campsite near Cottonwood Creek at mile 534.9 to campsite at mile 558 23.1 miles DLT shakes me awake. “Petra’s leaving,” he says. I sit up and see her, pack on, ready to go. I give her a little wave and then immediately lie back down. I will not be moving any time …
May 21, 2022 Campsite at mile 510.9 to Hikertown to campsite near Cottonwood Creek at mile 534.9 24 miles We sleep in. It is beautiful. There’s just shy of seven rolling miles to Hikertown, and we’re not in a hurry. So when I wake up, I look at the blue sky ringed by trees and …
May 20, 2022 Campsite near Lake Hughes Road at mile 485.8 to campsite at mile 510.9 25.2 miles It was cold when I went to bed, but it’s not too bad this morning. Still, when I hear people moving around, deflating pads and shuffling through packs, I have to stifle a groan. It’s an uphill …
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 …
Sarahmarie Specht-Bird 