The Desert

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the distance, a lone figure trots forward. Nothing special, we are on a popular hiking trail after all. ‘Who’d walk without hiking poles?’ Coyote wonders, after we see the woman ...

Back to business. First up, cleaning our packs and recharching devices. Then, getting breakfast and resupply for the next section. The place we were recommended by Mac the previous day was closed ...

Big Bear kind of blows, there, I’ve said it. It doesnt even have real bears. We started the day hiking a brisk 20 miles, slightly downhill. On the way we crossed Daddy Longlegs, Gnome, Tommyhawk ...

Being in the desert here means being under the treeline. A weird concept as I didn’t think there could be anything underneath it. Anyway, that was our goal today, climbing to the treeline. Chris ...