Day 8: Mile 101 (Barrel Spring) to mile 119.5

18.5 miles Last night we had a lot of people at our camp. We had a fire and hung out. In the morning we all started out within a few minut...

Day 7: Scissors Crossing (77) to Barrel Spring (101)

24 miles Today was another hot day. But we did it right this time. We woke up and were hiking by 5am. There was only one water source...

Day 6: Mile 53.5 to Scissors Crossing (mile 77)

23.5 miles. Today was definitely the hardest day so far. But looking at the elevation profile, it seemed like it should have been easy. It...

Day 4 & 5: Kick Off

Well Friday mourning I got my cavities filled. It went well and after I immediately went straight to kick off. Kick off was fun. We spent ...

Day 3: Mt. Laguna to mile 53.5

11 miles. Well....the rain last night resulted in the picture above.... As soon as I finished uploading my blog post last...

Day 2: Lake Morena to Mt. Laguna

22 miles today. My knee was just awful for the first 6 miles. I was hobbling along the trail. Thoughts even crossed my mind about having t...

Day 1

20.3 miles. We got to the border around 8am and we were the only ones there. We took our pictures and headed out. It was a weird feeling f...

In the car on the way to the border! Can't believe today has finally come! Can't wait!