Well, we're back on the trail again.  After a year and a half of many ups, downs, twists, turns, stumbles, and successes we're heading west to try to hike the Pacific Crest Trail.  This trail is a little more than 2,600 miles long, so that's 500 miles longer than the Appalachian Trail!  It crosses through 6 of the 7 ecosystems found in the lower 48 states, from desert to high alpine passes.  Along the way the trail passes through National Parks, Wilderness areas, Bureau of Land Management areas, Indian Reservations, National Forests, and even Lake Tahoe! 
     From April 17th through the end of September we'll be walking from the border of Mexico to Manning Park in Canada.  We won't be as alone as were were on our Southbound AT hike because this is a record year for people attempting a thru-hike.  Along the way we'll pass through some towns like we did before and be able to update with photos occasionally.

 

Then it's 700 miles of desert hiking with a lot of scenery that looks like this: 

 Then there is the relief of getting to the Sierra Nevada Mountains

 In Oregon you get to hike around Crater Lake.

One part of a side trail that everyone uses even goes behind a waterfall!

 

Washington State has such highlights as the Glacier Peak Wilderness.

If all goes well we'll end up here at Monument 78, the Northern Terminus and the US/Canadian Border.

So now all that's left is to ramble...