May 8, 2017

Total miles: 8.9 miles 

Start: Big Bear Lake (mile 266.1)

End: Caribou Creek (mile 275.0)

Total elevation gain/loss: 1281.8/854.3ft

After four long (and fun) days away from the trail, we’re back! We woke early to take care of last minute town chores and enjoy breakfast with my aunt and uncle. Then it was time to rush back to Big Bear. We needed to get the car back by 1pm and we had stops to make at Target, Trader Joe’s, REI (Michael’s headlamp broke), and the Post Office (to mail weekend stuff and extra gear back to my parents). We managed to fit it all in and get the car back by about 12:50. Success! Continue reading →

May 4-7, 2017

We’ve spent the last four days traveling to our good friends’ wedding in Washington DC. It was a blast and well worth our hiatus from the trail!  

We were up bright and early on Thursday morning. There went our plans to sleep in! Despite being up early, Ron had already left for work. We packed up our stuff and were out the door by 8am — just as our morning alarm went off.  

More pictures from the awesome vacation rental.