Days 17 and 18 involved a total of 5 miles of hiking as we took a planned nero and zero in Idyllwild.  We woke up on the morning of day 17 with our tents soaked and quilts wet as we basically slept in a cloud the night before.  We hiked a motivated 5 miles to... Continue Reading →

The storm passed through overnight and today started cold and windy. We broke camp and continued on, taking a shorter lunch break than usual while trying to stay warm. We made it to Mary's Place mid-afternoon and caught up with a few others while Waterboy earned his namesake collecting and filtering water. Mary is a... Continue Reading →

We didn't get great sleep last night as the wind whipped our tents about all night long. We woke to a cold windy morning still unsure of our plans.  Bat Boy found dominos and played while we filtered more water and pondered our options for the day. Mom Cut and AKA decided to push on,... Continue Reading →

We got a relatively early start today as we were planning our biggest day yet which would cover 15 miles with over 3000ft of climb. We leap frogged other hikers throughout the day and enjoyed incredible views along the way. Everyone seems to be getting their trail legs at this point.  The miles went by faster,... Continue Reading →

We caught a 7am ride with Professor back to Scissors Crossing for what would be our longest and hottest day yet. I know, "hottest day yet" is a recurring theme but so it goes. The trail for the day would be fully exposed with almost no shade to be found. The morning started cool for... Continue Reading →

Days 7-9 took us from Mount Laguna to Scissors Crossing where we caught a ride into Julian for a resupply and what turned into a zero.  This stretch started cold and very windy and ended with our hottest day yet.  Despite being a mostly downhill stretch, the 11 miles we did on the last day... Continue Reading →

Day 6 marked our first zero of the trail, i.e. our first day with no hiking.  We spent the day in Mount Laguna where we rented a small 2 bedroom cabin.  Despite being a day "off" we were still busy most of the day.  We went through our resupply boxes, repacked food for the next... Continue Reading →

Let's see, where to start?  We made our way from Lake Morena to Mount Laguna over the last two days.  The weather continued to be outstanding with comfortable afternoons and nights around 30-40 degrees.  I don't think I mentioned it in the last post but we've been treated to a near full moon since we... Continue Reading →

And we're off!  Our first day was a quick round trip walk to the Southern Terminus from CLEEF.  We returned to CLEEF for the night and enjoyed tacos made by Legend and Dodger, visited with others starting the next day, and the kids played chess. We covered almost 11 miles on day 2, our first... Continue Reading →

After a few relaxing days in Portland which included catching up with friends, taste testing ice cream sandwiches, and getting last minute haircuts it was time to make our way South.  We had an uneventful two day drive to San Diego, and spent our last day off by going to the San Diego Zoo and... Continue Reading →