Train Tracks and Trail Signs

I've hike about 60 miles of the PCT so far and after about 6 days on the trail I knew that I needed to come home and have a break. I am reevaluating my gear and also looking into ways to figure out how much water to carry as there are many long dry stretches without water. I plan to go back out where I left off and hike the next 50 miles into Warner Springs and hope to arrive there by Friday the 23rd. All is going well and I am excited to get back on the trail.



I've met tons of awesome people so far and was blessed with a trail name! Just call me Pink Panther!!! Its due to the epic pink sun hat that I have been hiking with as well as the fact that I wear a pink beanie and I have a pink sleeping bag. I think its a great trail name and I love it!



I did have an encounter with a rattle snake. I read that you can hold your backpack in front of you and that way if the snake strikes it hopefully will hit your pack and not you. My adrenaline was pumping as I approached the snake with my pack in front of my legs and much to my joy he didn't want to bother with me and decided to slither away.



I have seen lots of lizards but my favorite was the horned lizard... it looks like a tiny dinosaur!



I met some awesome ladies from Nevada who shared their campsite with me in Mt Laguna. We had a great time together! Thank you Stephanie, Heather and Lea!!!



So I've been through Lake Morena and Mt Laguna and now on to Warner Springs!!!

Tomorrow it begins!

Well it's finally here!!! Tomorrow I get dropped off at the southern terminus and start hiking to Canada. I spent the last two weeks getting my resupplys packed and then my friends Johnathan and Shiloh hung with me and we went to the Warner Bros Studios, the beach, and did a Zombie escape room experience. I'll post pics below and a video I made of us driving to Lake Morena. We're spending the night there tonight and my friend will drop me off in that morning.

One Week!!!!

One week from today I will start hiking the Pacific Crest Trail! Its so hard to totally grasp that thought. I am so excited and pretty nervous, but this is what I have been looking forward to and working so hard all this time for!

On March 26th I drove down to my grandma’s house here in Corona, CA and have been spending everyday getting all my resupply boxes together which has been an overwhelming project. I am so grateful and thankful that I have such an amazing and supportive family. They have been helping me to get all this ready for my epic journey. My brother even drove over from Las Vegas and helped me package food which I am sure saved me an entire days worth of work. Here are some pics of the process…

I will be resupplying 30 times which is a lot but I am going with the plan of resupplying more often and with that in mind being able to carry less food at a time. I will also have the opportunity to supplement my diet with whatever additional calories I may end up finding necessary.  

I plan on resupplying at:

Mt Laguna, CA at the post office Zip 91948

Warner Springs, CA Post office Zip 92086

In Idyllwild, CA my mom will be bringing me my resupply box

Big Bear City, CA Post office Zip code 92314

Wrightwood, CA Post office Zip 92397

At Hiker Heaven c/o The Saufley’s 11861 Carling Road Agua Dulce, CA 91390

Tehachapi, CA Post office Zip code 93561

Onyx, CA  Post Office zip 93255

Kennedy Meadows, CA  c/o Kennedy Meadows General Store 96740 Beach meadow Rd Inyokern, CA 93527

Independence, CA Post office Zip 93526

Mammoth, CA Post Office Zip 93546

Tuolumne Meadows, CA Post Office in Yosemite National Park 95389

Bridgeport, CA Post office zip code 93517

South Lake Tahoe, CA Post office 96151

Sierra City, CA Post Office Zip 96125

Quincy, CA Post Office Zip 95971

Burney, CA Post office 96013

Dunsmuir, CA Post offie zip 96025

Etna, CA Post Office Zip 96027

Ashland, OR Post Office Zip 97520

Crater Lake Mazama Village, OR  C/O Mazama Village Camp Store 569 Mazama Village Dr, Crater lake, OR 97604

Elk Lake Resort, OR UPS packages only

Then I am getting picked up in Sisters, OR by my friends and will send a few days back in Eugene!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!

Timberline Lodge, OR C/O Timberline Lodge Ski Area 27500 E Timberline Rd, Wy’East Store Timberline OR 97028

Cascade Locks, OR Post office zip 97014

Trout Lake, WA Post office Zip 98650

White Pass, WA c/o White Pass Rural Branch PO, at the Kracker Barrel Store, 48851 US Hwy 12 Naches, WA 98937

Snoqualmie Pass, WA c/o The Summit Inn 603 SR 906, Snoqualmie Pass, WA 98068

Skykomish, WA PO Zip 98288

Stehekin, WA Post Office Zip 98852

There you go folks! Its gonna be amazing and crazy! Can’t wait to get started!!!