May 20-23, 2016
May 20
The time had finally come to say goodbye to Eeyore. After a nice Persian breakfast we hugged it out on the street before parting ways. It would be strange continuing on
Three pseudo-MIT students hike the PCT or something like that.
Captain's Log: Day 37 - Silverlake
May 19, 2016
At David's suggestion Eeyore and I had breakfast at a diner a few blocks away. Next up was a bus over to Silverlake to meet up with my friend, Molly, who I've known
Captain's Log: Day 36 - Santa Monica
May 18, 2016
After a pretty amazing breakfast at Jacks N Joe we said goodbye to Rickets, on his way to the airport, and to Chris, on his way to work. With Rickets gone it was
Captain's Log: Day 35 - USC
May 17, 2016
Yesterday had been a day or rest (sort of). Today was a day of food.
We began with breakfast sandwiches and donuts. We took a brief break to stop by the post office
Punch Bus, No Punch Back
I'm in Bakersfield with Chrobot. We arrived after getting a three hour ride from a kind gentleman who had been doing some work on the PCT. He was awesome enough to take us all the way
Captain's Log: Day 34 - Mile 702.2
May 16, 2016
I had been holding off writing about certain plans we had in store for Kennedy Meadows as some of them were surprises for a select few readers of the blog. Rickets was headed
Captain's Log: Day 33 - Mile 702.2
May 15, 2016
Today was the day we would finally reach Kennedy Meadows General Store. At just over 700 miles into the trail, Kennedy Meadows marks the end of the desert section and entrance into the
Captain's Log: Day 32 - Mile 676.2
May 14, 2016
Our morning began with another home cooked meal courtesy of Amber and Joshua. Packing always seems take longer in town than it does on the trail and we weren't actually ready to go
Gear Review: Brooks Cascadia 8's
Captain's Log: Day 31 - Mile 652.1
May 13, 2016
We didn't have the schedule for the bus into town so we were up early in hopes of getting to Walker Pass as early as possible and finding service to check the schedule.