Author Archives: themcafertys

July 23rd, 2022 by Jon We woke up to an amazing sunrise over Mt. Shasta and Castle Crags. We got up, it was still just a pink glow behind the mountains, and had our bags mostly packed. We sat on some rocks to begin cooking breakfast as the sun came over the ridge. It wasContinue reading “Day 107: Mile 1518.9 – 1544.2”

July 22nd, 2022 by Jon We woke up in our camp and promptly fell back asleep. We had decided to sleep in the night before, and the extra sleep felt quite luxurious. We ended up getting up around 6:45 and had packed up and eaten a long breakfast by about 8:00. We spent a bitContinue reading “Day 106: Mile 1501.7 – 1518.9”

July 21st, 2022 by Jon We woke up in our pine-covered spot and enjoyed a luxuriously long breakfast before heading out at 6:30. The trail was beautiful this morning, and we enjoyed walking through dark pine forests that were still covered in shadow as the sun hadn’t come over the ridge yet. We wound throughContinue reading “Day 105: Mile 1477.4 – 1501.7”

July 20th, 2022 by Jon We woke up and began the day packing up as usual, and then I opened the rain fly to get my shoes on and just kind of stared at Mt. Shasta for a while. We had such a good campsite last night, maybe my favorite on trail so far. ItContinue reading “Day 104: Mile 1452.6 – 1477.4”

July 19th, 2022 by Jon We woke up and could tell it was darker than usual when our alarm went off. We camped in the middle of a large group of pine trees that darkened the sky and made for a more gently lit morning. We got up pretty easily and had our breakfast crackersContinue reading “Day 103: Mile 1427.8 – 1452.6”

July 18th, 2022 by Jon Today we woke up without an exact plan for what we wanted to do. We woke up around 7:00 and started eating the food that Caryl and Denise had left for us. We had berries, Trader Joe’s crumpets, jam, juice, and these really good almond bars that were perfectly chewy.Continue reading “Day 102: Mile 1418 – 1427.8”

July 17th, 2022 by Jon We woke up, and there must have been about 30 hikers camped by the water cache with us last night. We got ready at our usual 5:30 and enjoyed some hot oatmeal before heading out. We had the rest of Hat Creek Rim to finish, which would take about aContinue reading “Day 101: Mile 1393.6 – 1418”

July 16th, 2022 by Jon We woke up around 6:15, finished packing our bags, and cleaned up some of the mess we had made while staying with Singsong’s family. After a quick breakfast of yogurt and granola, we were off in Singsong’s brother Salem’s truck. We had about an hour-long drive back up to OldContinue reading “Day 100: Mile 1373.4 – 1393.6”

July 12th – 15th, 2022 by Jon When I woke up in the morning, I had a text from our Garmin messenger. Singsong and Biscuit both felt like crap and needed to get off trail. Unsure if it was a stomach virus like I had, heat exhaustion, or both, they felt bad. We made aContinue reading “Days 96-99: Zero Days in Redding”

July 11th, 2022 by Jon We woke up in the morning to a cool, quiet morning next to the spring we camped at last night. We got up early because today was supposed to be very hot, and we wanted to do a pretty long day to set us up for the hike the nextContinue reading “Day 95: Mile 1313.2 – 1341.6”