Tuesday, May 1, 2012

PCT: I think I'm finally on my way again

Not ready - but like it's now or never!!! - hope I've got everything in the car (overloaded with bicycle to boot!)  Running away from a big tangle of loose ends!

I've been so busy trying to untangle loose ends here that the food list Becca will need to send me resupply boxes... well,  I hope to do that over the next few days as I head down.  Hope to make it to Carizzo Plain this evening, then probably San Berardino  Mts just east of Cajon Pass Wednesday night (looking around there for the first time - skipped that last time down there - may look for a 2nd place to store the car maybe...) then to Julian Thursday to store the car.  I talked to the lady at the Julian MiniStorage place and she said she'd give me a ride to the campground (which I thought was nearby but turns out to be a few miles away!!!  Also it's a few miles from the campground (William Heise Regional Park) to the bus stop next morning!!!  I was getting confused by "Julian Regional Park just "in" Julian but that doesn't have camping.   Julian is about 10-15 miles from the PCT, so can't just camp there...    

So Friday morning I hope to be up Very early early to make sure to catch the 8;30 bus (just one run per week!) which after a transfer in El Cajon, will drop me off in Campo where I'll overnight on the trail probably just a short way from the road, then I'll take two days to get to Lake Morena, stay a day there to "resupply" (there's a small mart and campground w/ showers) then onwards up Laguna Mt, where I hope to get my 1st  mailed resupply (ASSUMING I'VE GIVEN BECCA A LIST!!!)  Then a few more days to get back to the car near Julian (via a walk on Rodriguez Truck trail to Banner, where I'll catch the bus (assuming I've timed it perfectly to be there again 8am Friday morning - else it will be a hitch.)  
Then a day or two with the car,  leave it back at the mini storage, hitch to Warner Springs (skipping the San Felipe Hills and thereabouts that I hiked a month ago) and onwards from there, to next resupply at Anza or Paradise Cafe along hwy 74.  From there I'm actually not sure whether I'll continue over San Jacinto or try to skip that til later if there's still a lot of snow at 10,000ft.  This is where my logistics are still very sketchy.

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