Day 6 Miles: 20 Mile 71 (anza borrego) to mile 91 (san felipe hills) J is telling me to wake up – it’s morning. I’m totally stiff – I don’t think I moved once the entire night. Our little campsite is calm and quiet. We’ve got some miles to make. The trail has taken us…

Day 5 Miles: 16 Mile 55 to mile 71 The tarp is so low that it smacks me in the face as it whips in the wind. It makes it hard to forget that there are gale force winds outside, although it is surprisingly calm inside. I pull my quilt over my head and try…

Day 4 Miles: 12 May 5, 2014 Mt laguna to 12 miles from mt laguna (mile 55) Waking up is tough, just like during the rest of my life. But I’m feeling surprisingly good. I spend 20 minutes babying my feet, lancing blisters and the such, and soon it’s time to get going. I think…

Day 3 Miles: 11 Cibbetts flat campground to Mt Laguna I feel completely exposed – J and I are lying on a groundsheet in the middle of a campground, surrounded by people coming out of their tents and RVs. We’re not really that close to them, but it’s like having people in your bedroom. I…

Day 2 Miles: 18.4 Hauser Creek to Cibbetts Flat Campground I have all these things I meant to write but it’s the end of the day and I’m just a muddle of exhaustion. A muddle puddle of tired tired tired. I wake up to easy morning light, J next to me. All around us are…

5/2/2014 Day 1 Miles: 15 I’m a flustered mess. I’ve been searching in my pile of stuff for some toothpaste for nearly an hour and everyone is waiting. I finally throw in a different tube and we all head out. “Why is your backpack dripping,” asks my sister. “Uh, it shouldn’t be,” I say as…