Through these pages, I hope to convey a small semblance of what life is like along the Pacific Crest Trail . Just why I endeavored to purse this trail is still somewhat of a mystery to me. It was always our goal to do all three long trails, Appalachian, Pacific Crest and Continental Divide. However, life, mortgages and a family tend to reorder priorities. Then in 1995 a bout with cancer gave me a wake up call.
Life's too short to give up all one's dreams.
So after recovering, we returned to the Appalachian Trail - AT '97 after 20 years for a reunion hike with our son. That journey inevitably led to the decision to do the Pacific Crest Trail.