by mcgarveysan | Jul 7, 2019 | Hiking, PCT, Section N California, Thru-hikes
Miles today: 20.8 Trail miles sum: 749.2 Trail location: 1418 Elevation: 2994 Spinning on the turntable: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Best of everything I started hiking at 6AM this morning with “Free falling” in my earbuds. Iconic music with...
by mcgarveysan | Jul 6, 2019 | Hiking, PCT, Section N California, Thru-hikes
Miles today: 19.9 Trail miles sum: 722.1 Trail location: 1397.2 Elevation: 3946 Spinning on the turntable: Sinead O’Connor: I’m not bossy, I’m the boss This is the view out of my tent as I write this today. view from tent Today we started hiking the...
by mcgarveysan | Jul 5, 2019 | Hiking, PCT, Section N California, Thru-hikes
Noelle here: Well I can’t believe it but we finally got back to the trail! We drove from Red Bluff to Old Station this afternoon in a pleasantly uneventful trip. We’re surrounded by trees, maybe pine or some type of fir. It feels comfortable, like closer...
by mcgarveysan | Jul 4, 2019 | Hiking, PCT, Section N California, Thru-hikes
Miles today: 0 Trail miles sum: 702.2 Trail location: 1377.5 Elevation: 4363 Spinning on the turntable: When we left the trail at Kennedy Meadows to begin our trek north I thought that I might be off the trail for less than a week. It’s been two weeks. Time away...
by mcgarveysan | Jul 2, 2019 | Hiking, PCT, Section N California, Thru-hikes
Well…The vans drive shaft is now repaired but I’m a bit sick. Unbelievable. I had a week to be leisurely sick while the van was being repaired and I’m lucky enough to get sick right about the time we’d be returning to trail. I’d been...
by mcgarveysan | Jul 1, 2019 | Hiking, More!, PCT, Section N California, Thru-hikes, Truck Camper Life Full time living
Noelle here: Transmission fixed! Woo hoo! Bob at Bob’s Red Bluff Transmission was awesome and took great care of us. He’s a great guy with a very clean and actually beautiful shop! We packed up and were ready to go the next morning. Went a mile down the...
