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Day 27: Agua Dulce

The heat is picking up again. We left Acton early in the morning, being kept up at night by the constant traffic and intermittently honking trains passing next to the campground. It was a race to get ...

Day 26: Acton

Short day today, not too much to report. It was hot, I tried to power through the miles and get to Acton, where there would be hot food and camping for us. Fun surprise was to see Russell again, maybe ...

Day 25: Marathon

We walked a marathon today and did 10 miles before 10am. Those are the highlights. I walked and walked and walked and I’m sore and tired, so goodnight! I also met someone who was an engineer at ...

Day 24: Jive Turkey

What a day. Descending from Baden-Powell, the trail swirled around the highway for most of the day, going up and down in the surrounding hills. After a bit of roadwalking along the highway (which ...

Day 23: Baden-Powell

We hitched out of the Budpharm and headed back to Wrightwood. Our driver was super excited that he got real pct hikers in his car and not people who only did a section. Coyote didn’t dare to ...

Day 22: The Budpharm

About wrightwood, the next resupply not much can be said. There is a grocery store and a couple of restaurants, the end. What is more interesting are the lodging options, which are all exorbitantly ...

Day 21: Micky D’s at Cajon Pass

Main event of the day: the trail passed by a McDonalds. As we neared the place in question, Remedy popped up, along with cohorts Tommyhawk and Gnome. Soon other long (meaning more than 2 days) missing ...

Day 20: Mojave Desert

From today the trail passes through an iconic place for a while: the Mojave desert. I instantly felt like a lone ranger, like in Fallout: New Vegas, ready to go on adventure in the wasteland. Or that ...

Day 19: Deep Creek Hot Springs

After an early start, we leave both the other hikers and the slightly sad mood from the previous day behind. Today, something fun is planned: hot springs! The Deep Creek hot springs are natural hot ...