Category Archives: Camping

Day Nine – Eagle Rock to Paradise Valley Cafe

Posted on June 2, 2025 by TheJessicaness

We are three miles from Eagle Rock, a popular waypoint on the PCT around mile 106 when we wake. We get to pass under shade, by cows, and through a meadow. We climb over our first downed tree, listen to … Continue reading →

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Day Eight – Traffic is Poo

Posted on June 1, 2025 by TheJessicaness

I spent the majority of the hours between 5am and 8pm driving us from Pocatello, ID to Warner Springs, CA, where we will pick up our resupply box and get back on the trail at our leisure. The traffic near … Continue reading →

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Day Seven – San Diego to Pocatello

Posted on May 31, 2025 by TheJessicaness

We are up at 420 and I grab a mint from the front desk on the way to our Uber. I’m able to write 29 paragraphs on the first flight and edit them while we wait to park at our … Continue reading →

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Day Five – Trekking Poles Save Lives

Posted on May 29, 2025 by TheJessicaness

Yesterday was 18.4 miles, by my watch. Caleb, Rachel, and Gert go back half a mile or so to the Sunrise Highway junction, where it’s a quarter mile to a water source. The other two had planned to leave at … Continue reading →

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Day Four – There’s Honey in These Hills

Posted on May 28, 2025 by TheJessicaness

Gert and Rachel leave camp at 620 and we’ll be about 15 minutes behind, as usual. I spent the morning drying wet clothes in the hand dryer while the four of us shared the three stalls in the open bathroom. … Continue reading →

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