carolyn's on the PCT!

I am so behind with my updates here that I am going to breeze through the last section of the desert and jump right into recounting the start of the sierra! A quick recap for the final days of the desert: I reminisced on the days spent in the sun, soaking hot and swollen feet in rare creeks, and planning our mileage around the sun and siestas. I said goodbye to the desert flowers that I became so aquainted with, and I bid a happy farewell to the tremendously heavy 5 to 6 liter water carries. Goodbye water caches and rationing, I’m headed to the MOUNTAINS! The desert will always have a special place in my heart for bringing me some best buds, for being the place where I learned to through hike, and for teaching me strength, resiliency and perseverance through the elements and emotions of this experience.  When we hit the road to Kennedy Meadows, we turned a new leaf in our hike. A whole section down!!! Feeling proud of how far we’ve come, and anxious to see what awaits us in the mou...

Hi friends! I’m learning the hard way that the more mile I put in every day, the less and less time I have to be in any sort of communication with the outside world. I guess I should have seen that coming! Anyways, it’s been about 300 miles since you’ve heard from me here last. Bananas! The best kind of bananas if you’re asking me (besides dehydrated bananas with almond butter mid day on the trail, thooose are ultimate).  An update that is far overdue- I have a trail name! You can call me Tinkerbell! Or Tink, Tinky poo, tinker beans, Stinkerbell, Tinky tank- dealers choice. Most people take trail names while on the PCT, just for the fun of it. Some get their trail names from funny stories, some get names that just fit. Mine was apparently a natural fit, people liked it for me. I like it for me too so we’re going with it.  Anyhow, wowie! I finished off the desert and made it to Kennedy Meadows, what we call the gateway to the Sierra. My mileage has hiked up a good amount, my lo...