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We were seeking some adventure, a change of pace and simplicity. Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail is the plan. We will begin the hike on June 15, 2010. The trail dips, dances, swerves and rides across 2,658 miles of some of the most magnificent, breath-taking mountains in the United States. It begins at the border of Mexico, and goes through the back-country of California, Oregon and Washington, coming to an end in Manning Park, Canada, just a few miles across the border. We will be beginning this journey below Kennedy Meadows, CA, (about 650 miles into the trail) and hoping to complete the remaining 2,000ish miles up to Canada. We anticipate completing the trail in 4 months and end around September 15th. Wish us luck!


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Bull Lake - Wafford Cabin Trail 8/16/10 26 miles

Started the morning with a great sunrise on the lake. We got out at about 7:30am and started with a nice gentle downhill to our first break at a nice spring. We continued winding around ridges until we approached Highway 3, the border of Klamath National Forest. We met Foghorn, a SOBO. Twelve miles by 12:30 and we decided to push another 4 miles up the hill to avoid a long afternoon. We ran into Kiwi, Bacon and Meander at the stream where we took lunch. It had been a while wince we had seen them, so we traded some stories. They had seen two mountain lions! We had Mountain House beef patties and potatoes for lunch. Pretty good! WE finished lunch at 4 pm and still had 10 miles to go. It was slow going. Kristi's feet were tired from walking over so many rocks on the trail. We finished our day on the beautiful ridge over a town with a nice sunset. Twenty-six miles into town tomorrow. We were excited to get to Etna and take much needed zero day. It has been almost one month since we had gotten a hotel room to totally relax. Hopefully we'll get an early start tomorrow morning!! -CM
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