Days 1-3, Friday - Sunday, February 22 - 24, El Cahon, CA (Triple Zero)

I’m having a horrible flashback to Gatlinburg, TN just about a year ago. We were forced off the trail into the hellish, nightmare town for a staggering 5 days until the road to Newfound Gap opened back up. I mention this because when we got to the El Cahon Transit Center, all of the buses to Campo, CA had been cancelled because of snow in the mountains above San Diego.

Snow in Southern California! We bring the snow with us wherever we go

Days 1 – 3 of our PCT experience have been spent in a cheap hotel in a town with even more limited options for entertainment than Gatlinburg. We don’t have the option of spending time with trail friends because we haven’t met anyone yet. We have eaten copious amounts of food to continue fattening ourselves up for the trail ahead.

The snow in the mountains can clearly be seen from where we are…so much for being an arid desert

The time has not been twiddled away without gaining new knowledge and skills. Bunny has spent the time working on developing vlogging skills. She developed an introduction video for our new YouTube channel. We have also learned how to control and tame dragons for that time when they decide to make themselves known to us once again.

Bunny sporting her crocs headed to Walmart—yes, we are thru-hiking

Before we even hit the trail, we are going to have to do laundry. Bunny has already worked on her trail look by sporting crocs in the nearest Walmart. The hiker trash look has returned to us with very little effort. On the bright side, we are getting to watch the Oscars and one more episode of Victoria before we hit the trail. Whether it’s to Lady Gaga or Victoria is up to the reader to decide, but “Long live the Queen.”