Waiting
A few consumables. And the food to start with at the border and for two resupply points. That’s all that’s left to buy. I think. Oh, socks. I want more socks.
Last night I ordered new trail runners — New Balance 910s, 15 EEEE! Head lamp, batteries, pad, DEET, Purell wipes. A thousand packets.
I won’t be [...]
Gotta get outta here
A good reason to not be on the trail today: rain blowing at 50 miles per hour.
So. I’m sitting at home. Thinking, planning, journaling, Face Booking. All things PCT.
I got in the gardening I had planned this morning while waiting for the garage door repairman to show up. Seems Elaine left the back door on [...]
Night magic
One of the reasons I hike long trails and sleep “cowboy style” — under the stars. On every clear night I have seen shooting stars.
The White Mountain from charles on Vimeo.
Walk well. God is love.
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Wet
I think this is the longest period of frequent rainfall in my life.
The view from my back door
Soggy, slick trails, mud in the garden. Weeds, weeds, weeds. And yet.
I looked out my back door this morning, ready to complain. No one would hear it, but I thought it my due. And then I looked more [...]
Better than DEET
N,N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide
Lynne Wheldon recorded what I think might be the first commercial video about the Pacific Crest Trail: How To Hike The Pacific Crest Trail. I have watched it many times. Virtual hiking. He raises issues and has edited in responses to these issues on various subjects, including mosquitoes.
Please understand that a lot of [...]
The journey
Some things are coming together for me in ways I had not expected. The people I most want to be with — those I most admire — are coming into my life. No fanfare. Just a simple extension of the circle. And a lot of it has to do with the Pacific Crest Trail. The [...]
Old people
I think we have a tendency to be a bit smug.
I am corresponding with an older hiker. One with a wisdom I am learning from. One of the things I learned today was through his response about some gear. There is an item that he had recommended that got mediocre reviews at an online retailer. [...]
Rain
I brought lots of oranges inside. Took some up to Elaine.
Lemonade: planning and weighing. And trying to learn how to get a photograph off the iPhone and into Trailjournals.
Walk well. God is love.
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North and south
Jeff and I will stay with the Manns (Scout and Frodo) in San Diego for two nights. Then one of them will give us a ride to the trailhead at the Mexican border just south of Campo, California. Jeff and I have hiked north from there to Lake Morena at least three times.
The Manns are [...]
Sometimes friends know
A friend sent an email message to me with this:
The closer we get to April, the more a reality your PCT hike becomes (to us observers, although I know you are right in the middle of the planning, etc.). Anticipation must be overwhelming: you have things to do before heading south, but I’ll [...]