by mcgarveysan | Jul 15, 2019 | Hiking, PCT, Section O California, Thru-hikes
Miles today: 16.6 Trail miles sum: 826.1 Trail location: 1501.2 Elevation: 2102 Spinning on the turntable: Coldplay: Parachutes …and another climb to start the day today! Both yesterday and today I’ve been able to find a relaxed mentality for hiking. It... 
by mcgarveysan | Jul 14, 2019 | Hiking, PCT, Section O California, Thru-hikes
Miles today: 13.7 Trail miles sum: 809.5 Trail location: 1484.6 Elevation: 2653 Spinning on the turntable: nothing So the poop lab tests indicate that I have c-diff colitis but not giardia. Yeah for me! I’m now taking antibiotics for a week. Yesterday I (yet... 
by mcgarveysan | Jul 13, 2019 | Hiking, PCT, Section O California, Thru-hikes
Miles today: 23.9 Trail miles sum: 795 Trail location: 1470.9 Elevation: 2380 Spinning on the turntable: Audio book: The other side of history: Daily life in the ancient world The day began with a climb at 6AM. Early morning climbs are good and bad. Good to get it out... 
by mcgarveysan | Jul 12, 2019 | Hiking, PCT, Section O California, Thru-hikes
Miles today: 18.8 Trail miles sum: 771.7 Trail location: 1447.7 Elevation: 5426 Spinning on the turntable: Audio book: The other side of history: Daily life in the ancient world Have I mentioned that the flowers are magnificent? I found this single bloom down a hill... 
by mcgarveysan | Jul 11, 2019 | Hiking, PCT, Section O California, Thru-hikes
Miles today: 10.8 Trail miles sum: 760 Trail location: 1428.8 Elevation: 2994 Spinning on the turntable: Beach Boys: Pet Sounds We spent last night at a campground. It’s a festival atmosphere with everyone flocking in for the 4th of July holiday. After the... 
by mcgarveysan | Jul 9, 2019 | Hiking, PCT, Section O California, Thru-hikes
Noelle here. It’s July 3rd right now and I’m at Burney Falls State Park. Steve got here yesterday and this morning we viewed the Falls. So I’m a Northwest girl, through and through. I may have been born in the South but my heart definitely belongs in...