We’re in San Diego spending Thanksgiving with Celine. We’re as sick as mildly sick dogs. I’m just now getting my voice back and Andy is looking a little less bedraggled than this morning even.
We spent last week in Green Bay visiting Andy’s parents. I’m sure I could tease some stories out of the visit but [...]

We hiked fifteen somewhat flat although rocky miles at Red Rock Canyon yesterday. I could have used another day of recuperation, but I don’t think I was any worse for it. Although the last three miles, thankfully the flattest and easiest, my legs just didn’t want to go anymore.
I was rewarded for my efforts with [...]

It feels like someone drove a six inch prison shiv into both of my quadriceps. Or, maybe it feels like yesterday the baby hikers got their asses kicked by some big bad rocks. The prison shiv sounds so much more spicy in writing. We woke up at eight this morning and didn’t even try to [...]

Before I start my rant, please take a moment to think about this important meme and post your answer in the comments section.
If you saw me in the back of a police car, what would you think I got arrested for?
Written yesterday:
We’re four hours outside of Vegas, back on the road after “Cratergate 2008″. Meteor [...]

We’re going (coming?) back to Vegas.
In a perfect synchronicity of events, at the same time we decided that it’s the right time to go back to the land of sports betting and free buffets, our friend Amanda is closing on her new house and needs some fine upstanding hobos like us as roommates. The gambling [...]

Three days and a little under 60 miles of hiking to the cadence of peanut butter jelly time. We are slightly nauseous but a feeling like rockstars. We learned alot about endurance, found that our feet are much tougher than we gave them credit for and, when you burn about 6000 calories in three days, [...]

Things are serious now. We have a PCT gear spreadsheet.
From all the things we’ve been reading, it seems like one of the biggest things you can do to help your success in any long distance hike is to manage your pack weight. This means ultra light gear. On the spread sheet, Andy has our [...]