- Sitting next to a ORV trail, watching the sun set through power transformers, listening to traffic. #
- While thinking about the 40 some mile road walk I start tomorrow. #
- And the other road walk ahead of that, #
- Where Billy Goat was shot at, 2 packs stolen, and a hiker got bit by a pit bull. #
- Thinking I don’t want to be here. #
- Maybe I’ll feel better in the morning. #
- Last night I answered back to some coyotes and then realized it was domestic dogs. #
- Then a round of gun fire went off. #
- This morning I see my crack house neighbor. parked on the next hill. #
- There were helicopters flying over all night long. #
- You know what’s great about the SoCal section of the PCT? #
- It leads somewhere better. #
- It’s not the same when it dead ends into an old iron fence. #
- My attitude hasn’t improved much since last night. #
- Laying on a hill. I don’t want to get up. #
- But I’m out of water, so, I should. #
- On my way home. Goodbye PCT, see you next year. #
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Did you quit because of the detour through the desert? It sounds kind of awful. I might have found a way around it so I could enjoy the rest of So Cal. But by now you were probably wanting to go back home.
Well, the main reason I quit was I was sick and it was really hard to get myself to hike.
I used to say I liked SoCal but it was probably because I knew it was leading somewhere better. Going south I realized SoCal is not very nice: the roads, the raves, the power lines, wind farms, dams, graffiti covered rocks, aquaduct, and all the other encroachment makes for a really ugly trail. The detours made it that much worst.
Yeah it was time to go home. That’s the great thing about a section hike: you can quit anytime you want. I love section hiking and I love going south.
I have really enjoyed reading about your adventures on the trail. Wish I could have done that but I don’t regret raising my children, then grand children. I pray you are doing well and are okay. It has been a long time since I have seen any posts from you.