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Karen Scaffidi
City: Kent
State: WA
Country: United States
Begins: May 1, 2019
Direction: Northbound
Daily Summary
Date: Sat, Jun 8th, 2019
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Entry Visits: 257
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The drive home
We are up early and head downstairs for breakfast. Then back to the room to pack. Kevin runs out to find a cooler and fills it with ice from the hotel. We buy some drinks and are off to Kennedy Meadows to pick up the resupply Nikki sent there. We drive up 395 past wind turbines and the miles and miles of solar panels. The road up to Kennedy Meadows is steep and full of beautiful views of the desert valley below. We stop at Grumpy Bear's Retreat to pick up our bear barrels, ice axes and crampons and have a shake and a sundae. I run into one of the hikers that was camped with us at the rainbow bridge in deep creek. Kevin is talking with a hiker from France, Braveheart, who is off trail because of knee issues. She has a 6 month visa and plans to visit a few places before heading home. We give her a ride over to the Kennedy Meadows General store where she is staying, then head to the campground. We pick a site next to the Kern river and set up the tent. 2 women and their kids come walking by and stop to chat. They are section hiking the PCT and have many stories about their adventures. They live in Victorville, the city I could see on our way up to Wrightwood, near Cajon Junction. They were in deep creek on February 14th when the storm of the century came through, the one that destroyed Mission Creek. The small stream they crossed to get there had become a raging river so they had to take an alternate trail to get out. It was quite a harrowing experience for them. It's a clear night, the stars should be spectacular up here.
Karen's Journal
The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) is a 2,650-mile national scenic trail that runs from Mexico to Canada through California, Oregon and Washington. The PCT traverses 24 national forests, 37 wilderness areas and 7 national parks. The PCT passes through 6 out of 7 of North Americas ecozones. Learn more: www.pcta.org
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