April 19, 2017
Total miles: 17.5
Start: Lake Morena (mile 20.1)
End: mile 37.6
Total elevation gain/loss: 3261.4/1249.3ft
I didn’t sleep very well last night, which is normal for my first night on the trail. We were up at 6am and out of camp by 7:10. Not bad for a first morning (that included doing laundry in the sink at the campground and a lot of damp gear from the fog), but there’s room for improvement.
Last view of Lake Morena.
More morning bunnies
Start: PCT Southern Terminus (mile 0)
End: Lake Morena (mile 20.1)
Total elevation gain/loss: 3018.4/2856.6ft
Start day finally arrived! We’ve been talking about today for months, so it was a bit surreal to be starting. Today’s also Michael’s birthday, so it’s extra special.
by Elizabeth
When people hear that we’re planning to hike the PCT, they often ask: What are you going to eat on the PCT? How are you going to get food? Do you carry all of your food in your pack?
It turns out that planning and executing our PCT resupply strategy ended up taking a significant portion of our 2.5 weeks back in California before hitting the trail. There was only so much that we could plan from abroad — we developed a general strategy and then left the rest for later.
Packing resupply boxes is tough work. Also, Sierra* helped.
by Michael
“You could travel the world, but nothing comes close to the golden coast”
-Katy Perry
After more than 11 months of international travel, we safely returned to the United States on March 28, 2017. On our flight from Taipei to Los Angeles we had an unexpected night-time view of the San Francisco Bay Area, which I have tried to make more visible with filters:
Not the best photo, I know. But it was a nice view of our home after almost a year away.
by Elizabeth
We interrupt your (ir)regularly scheduled programming with an update on our plans for 2017. Yep, that’s right, we have a plan! Or at least the outlines of one; a goal to be more specific. We are planning to hike from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail.
two backpacks, no plan 