In 2021 Jon and Rachel hiked the Pacific Crest Trail. We tried to publish blogs as we went along, but fell out of the habit in OR/WA. Good news though! Jon is writing a book about our adventure, set to be published in 2023. If you’d like to get notified when the book is ready, just subscribe to our blog.
Start date: March 18th
Start location: The PCT monument, Southern terminus at the Californian/Mexican border.
End date: September 10th, 2021
End Location: PCT monument, Northern terminus at the Washington/Canadian border
Blog Entries:
- Lost Mysteries (Lupine’s very sad poem about climate change)
- Familiar Faces and Places (PCT Day 131) 7/26/2021
- Where have we been (PCT Day 130) 7/25/2021
- Carson Pass and Lake Tahoe (PCT Day 91) 6/17/2021
- Lupine’s Wild Ride (PCT Day 91) 6/16/2021
- Good people (PCT Day 90) 6/15/2021
- North from Sonora Pass (PCT Day 89) 6/14/2021
- Into Kennedy Meadow North (PCT Day 88) 6/13/2021
- Mosquito Land and 1000 miles hiked (PCT Day 87) 6/12/2021
- The Ongoing Gifts of Yosemite (PCT Day 86) 6/11/2021
- The Many Meadows of Yosemite (PCT Day 85) 6/10/2021
- Yosemite Waterfalls and Granite Domes (PCT Day 84) 6/9/2021
- Donahue Pass, Tuolumne Meadows & The Yosemite Valley (PCT Days 82-83) 6/7 – 6/8/2021
- Thousand Island Lake (PCT Day 81) 6/6/2021
- Return to the trail (PCT Day 80) 6/5/2021
- VVR and into Mammoth Lakes (PCT Day 75-79) 5/31 – 6/4
- Over Selden Pass (Day 74, 5/30/2021)
- Muir Pass and Evolution Basin (Day 72, 5/28/2201)
- Mather Pass and Palisade Lakes (Day 71, 5/27/2021)
- Slowing Down in the Sierras (Day 70, 5/26/2021)
- Glen Pass and Rae Lakes (Day 69, 5/25/2021)
- Kearsarge Pass (Day 68, 5/24/2021)
- Forester Pass (Day 64, 5/20/2021)
- Rock Creek to Tyndall Creek (Day 63, 5/19/2021)
- Poison Meadow Spring to Rock Creek (Day 62, 5/18/2021)
- Decisions (Day 61, 5/17/2021)
- Thunderstorm (Day 60, 5/16/2021)
- Return to the trail (Day 59, 5/15/2021)
- Rest and Recovery (Day 55, 5/11/2021)
- The Dessert’s Last Hurrah? (Day 44, 5/1/2021)
- Desert and Meadow (Day 43, 4/30/2021)
- Monotony Plus Company (Day 42, 4/29/2021)
- Leaving Tehachapi (Day 41, 4/28/2021)
- Vaccinated in Tehachapi (Day 39, 4/27/2021)
- Into Tehachapi (Day 38, 4/24/2021)
- Pine Cones Larger than Your Head (Day 37, 4/23/2021)
- The L.A. Aquaduct (Day 36, 4/22/2021)
- Hiker Town (Day 35, 4/21/2021)
- Dusk and Dawn with Bird Song (Day 34, 4/20/2021)
- Agua Dulce (Day 32 – 33, 4/18/2021 – 4/19/2021
- Arrival at the Acton KOA (Day 31 – 4/17/2021)
- The Angeles National Forest (Day 30 – 4/16/2021)
- Back on Trail (Day 29 – 4/15/2021)
- Cajon Pass to Wrightwood (Day 28 – 4/14/2021)
- Welcome to Lovely Cajon Pass (Day 27 – 4/13/2021)
- Recharging (Day 26 – 4/12/2021)
- Devastated by Humanity (Day 25 – 4/11/2021)
- Dust, Desert and Mountains (Day 24 – 4/10/2021)
- Leaving Big Bear (Day 23 – 4/09/2021)
- The Last Taxi in Big Bear Lake (Day 22 – 4/08/2021)
- What Heaven Looks Like (Day 21 – 4/07/2021)
- Optimized for Trail (Day 20 – 4/06/2021)
- Back into the Desert Hills (Day 19 – 4/05/2021)
- Idylwild and Some Rest Days (Day 16-18)
- Apache Peak (Day 15 – 4/01/2021)
- Out of the Desert and into the Alpine (PCT Day 14 – 3/31/2021)
- The Paradise Cafe (Day 13 – 3/30/20201)
- Heat Coma (Day 12 – 3/29/2021)
- Mike’s Place (Day 11 – 3/28/2021)
- Hitting Our Stride (Day 9 & 10 – 3/26/2021)
- Underneath the Bridge (Day 8 – 3/25/2021)
- Riding with a Legend (Day 7 – 3/24/2021)
- Alive and Well in Julian (Day 6 – 3/23/2021)
- A Long Beautiful Day on the Crest (Day 5 – 3/22/2021)
- Awake in Cibbets Flats (Day 4 – 3/21/2021)
- Leaving Lake Morena (Day 3 – 3/20/2021)
- Barely North of the Border (Day 2 – 3/19/2021)
- One Step and then Another (Day 1 – 3/18/2021)
- Beyond Junk Food: Eating While Thru-hiking (3/15/2021)
- Leaving Home (3/09/2021)
- How to Pack for a 5 Month Hike (3/06/2021)
- So, We’re Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT)? (2/25/2021)
- Enjoy Being (2/15/2021)
