Day 20 – 5/11/16
Guffy Campground 364.36 to Little Jimmy Campground 383.86
Total miles: 19.5
Today involved another long steep climb so 5 Star and I wanted to start early so we could get over the climb before it got too hot. We got going by 5:30 and the hungry Hobbit slept in as usual. It was 6 miles to the water source at a visitor center. Continue reading
Day 19 – 5/10/16
Cajon Pass 341.86 to Guffy campground 364.36
Total miles: 22.5 plus 1 mile road walk back to trail
Sorry, for the delay in posts. I haven’t had reliable service for a few days. Usually only while I’m hiking and I can’t stop to update since it is a bit of a process to get the pictures on here. It took a couple hours of limited service to get this day’s pictures uploaded. Unfortunately, the lack of service will continue and it’ll be days to possibly over a week once I’m in the Sierras. Rest assured dear readers that I will update as soon as I have enough service to upload my photos! Days 20 to 22 will be uploaded tomorrow when I get to the Acton KOA where I’ll be eating an extra lare pizza all by my self.
Day 18 – 5/9/16
Campsite 335.6 to Cajon Pass 341.87
Total miles: 6.27 miles
Cowboy camping was a bad choice. I couldn’t sleep at all last night and by morning my quilt was extremely wet on top. 5 Star’s quilt was wet too. I tossed and turned all night and kept worrying about how we my quilt was getting. I woke up for the hundredth time at 5:15 and decided to pack up and leave. McDonald’s is only 7 miles away! 5 Star packed up and left with me at 5:30. Continue reading
Day 17 – 5/8/16
Grassy Valley 317.96 to Small camping site 335.6
Total miles: 17.64
Rattlesnake stole all the eggs from the Hobbit.
The plan was to sleep in until at least 6:30am this morning but with the sun rising before 6, the birds chirping, and the inside of my tent a little damp from condensation I decided to get up and moving by 6 am. 5 Star and I started walking out of our camping spot that was tucked away and not visible from the trail. We passed by 4 people cowboy camping (no tent) and one person in there tent. Not sure how late they got in since they weren’t there at 7:30 pm when I fell asleep. Continue reading
Day 16 – 5/7/16
Splinters Cabin 298.5 to 317.96 Grassy Valley campsite
Total miles: 19.46
Last night before going to bed was a bit creepy. There is a parking area right by the cabin and there were several cars that came and left throughout the day. Around 4pm an Ford Expedition came and backed in to a spot so I could see the front end from the cabin. Around 6:30pm a guy and girl walk up the path and back to their truck. Then they just sat there in the truck for 45 minutes. What the heck… Then I hear the engine start but the guy turns it off after 5 seconds. They both get out and the girl sits on a big rock while the guy paces around smoking. 10 minutes later they get back in and just sit until it was well into dusk. Finally, just as its about to get dark they drive off after idling in the parking area for a few minutes. Very strange. I woke up several times throughout the night to look around and see if there were any cars. Continue reading
Day 15 – 5/6/16
Campsite 286.68 to Splinter’s Cabin 298.5
Total miles: 11.82
Today was a short day because there is a camping restriction from about 300 to 318. No camping within a mile of Deep Creek Springs. So we only had to do almost 12 miles, right before the camping restriction.
Day 14 – 5/5/16
Highway 18 266.2 to campsite 286.68
Total miles: 20.48
We got up and ready at around 5:45 so that we could get pocket up by Tami by 6:30. Unfortunately while standing outside waiting we learned that their rental car wasn’t starting for some reason. Well, looks like we are hitching.
We walked to the street and Jim dug out a shirt he had made that says “hiker to trail” on one side. We stood out there for all of 5 minutes when a guy in a mini van gave us a ride. Awesome! On our way to the trail we saw a coyote running in the dry lake bed. My first larger animal sighting. Continue reading
Day 13 – 5/4/16
Ziggy and the Bear 210.5 to Big Bear 266
0 miles hiked
Last night I slept in the backyard of Ziggy and the Bear, which is completely carpeted. There was probably close to 35 hikers all spaced out sleeping on their pads and wrapped up in their bags like little hiker burritos.
Day 12 – 5/3/16
Campsite 190.53 to Ziggy and the Bear 210.8
Total miles: 20.17
Woke up today at 5 and Jim came by my tent to tell me he was taking off already. I told him I’d take off in 30 minutes. I packed up as quick as possible to take advantage of as much cool weather as I can since there is a long exposed descent from 8,000 feet to 1,700 feet. Continue reading
Day 11 – 5/2/16
Deer Springs junction 183.45 to campsite 190.53
PCT miles 7.08+3.94 Deer Springs side trail+1 road walk
Total miles: 12.02 miles
Leaving the nice warm cabin was hard this morning. I could have stayed there for a week. I got up around 6:15, packed up my pack and we were out of the cabin by 7 am.
It was a mile walk through town to reach the Deer Springs trail that meets back up with the PCT at mile 183.45. The road walk was easy and there were only a few cars that we had to step out of the way of.
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