Sunday, April 30, 2006 Destination: Rodriguez Spur Truck Road Starting Location: Pioneer Mail Today’s Miles: 15.70 Trip Miles: 68.00 ________________________________________ 4-30-06 15.7 Miles Pioneer Mail (5260) to Rodriguez Spur Truck Road (3650) 1759 Assent, 3228 Decent It’s nice to finally be on the trail for good. Looking back, the Kick Off was great but I [...]
Archive for April, 2006
Water becomes an issue
Posted in 2006 PCT Trail Journal on April 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The party is over
Posted in 2006 PCT Trail Journal on April 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday, April 29, 2006 Destination: Lake Morena ADZPCTKO Starting Location: Lake Morena ADZPCTKO Today’s Miles: 0.00 Trip Miles: 52.30 ________________________________________ 0 Miles Lake Morena ADZPCTKO Well the Kick Off is winding down and it was a really great event. I met some wonderful people today. My knee is feeling a bit better so some of [...]
ADZPCTKO
Posted in 2006 PCT Trail Journal on April 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Friday, April 28, 2006 Destination: Lake Morena ADZPCTKO Starting Location: Pioneer Mail Today’s Miles: 0.00 Trip Miles: 52.30 ________________________________________ 4-28-06 0 Miles Lake Morena ADZPCTKO I’m taking a zero day at ADZPCTKO with mixed feelings. The event is a great place to reconnect with friends, meet new people, and gather valuable information. At the same [...]
Enthusiasm gets the best of my knee
Posted in 2006 PCT Trail Journal on April 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Thursday, April 27, 2006 Destination: Pioneer Mail Today’s Miles: 9.30 Trip Miles: 52.30 9.3 Miles Mt. Laguna (5980) to Pioneer Mail (5260) 1191 Assent 1781 Decent Another magical day. We left Mt. Laguna at noon in a complete cloud with very limited visibility. I was surprised to wake up to a very sore right knee [...]
Mt. Laguna, first snow
Posted in 2006 PCT Trail Journal on April 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Destination: Mt. Laguna Starting Location: Lake Morena Today’s Miles: 22.40 Trip Miles: 43.00 _______________________________ Lake Morena (3065) to Mt. Laguna (5980) 4688 Assent 1781 Decent Today was full of wonderful contrast as we traveled nearly 3000 vertical feet and went from chaparral to oak woodland to coniferous forest. We also walked from pleasant weather to [...]
First Day
Posted in 2006 PCT Trail Journal on April 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Tuesday, April 25, 2006 Destination: Lake Morena Starting Location: Campo Today’s Miles: 20.60 Trip Miles: 20.60 ________________________________________ 20.6 Miles, Campo to Lake Morena 3107 Assent 2933 Decent What a fantastic day, perfect cool temperatures and great hiking. We arrived at the border after a dripping condensation night. I was at a complete loss for words [...]
The night before
Posted in 2006 PCT Trail Journal on April 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Apprehension and excitement are both prevalent this evening. We picked up my brother-in-law Jeff this afternoon and we arrived at Lake Morena around 3 p.m. Shortly thereafter, Sauerkraut and Alina arrived from the border and we invited them to dinner. Phil also made it just before food and we had a taco feast. It was [...]
On our way to southern Terminus of PCT
Posted in 2006 PCT Trail Journal on April 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday, April 23, 2006 After years of dreaming and months of preparation we headed for the southern terminus this morning. My parents (Bob & Peggy) are providing shuttle service with style in their motor home. Traveling south we are “camped” at Saddle Back State Park (near Mojave) for the evening. In a days worth of [...]
Thank you for the help with Journal
Posted in 2006 PCT Trail Journal on April 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Friday, April 21, 2006 This Journal would not be possible without the help of those who have graciously agreed to transcribe my chicken scratch. Many hikers the last few years have taken to carrying a small device called “pocket mail”. This piece of technological marvel allows you to type into a small PDA like device [...]
Surprise Party
Posted in 2006 PCT Trail Journal on April 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
After returning from some gear testing last week during a snow shoeing trip I was totally surprised to come home to a house full of family and friends who gathered to give me a proper send off for my trip. The warmth of family and friends is very difficult to describe….I am truly blessed. During [...]
