Expensive Logistics Complete

It's been a while since the last post. A lot of small aspects of the trip have been figured out and sewn up over the last month or so.

We bought and received Yogi's Guidebooks which offer a wide variety of opinions on many aspects of the Pacific Crest Trail, and also includes a PCT Town Guide that we'll use to figure out just what towns to go into and how to navigate these towns efficiently.

Anna has started an every other day bicycle workout regiment and I am continuing to bike commute daily having driven to work only once (New Years day) since Halloween.

We ordered the complete set of a new guidebook called the PCT Atlas. They're in their second edition (full color) now and are relatively expensive, but should be a very thorough and easy way to keep track of where we are. Starting a little later in the season, we can use all the efficiency we can get to make sure we can get to Canada without trudging through too much snow.

We were given a food dehydrator for Christmas from Anna's parents and we'll pair that up with the one we're borrowing from them to do some large scale dehydration soon.

This morning I just bought airline tickets to get to San Diego for only $127 per person.

This means the official departure date for our trip is MAY 10, 2009!!! Wahoo!

So we've got the majority of logistics pretty well under control for the hike. But we still need to get permits required for the PCT, Mt. Whitney, and entry into Canada. We'll need to do a little thinking for the bicycle leg of our adventure.

Some additional expenses will be shipping bicycles, getting back to San Diego via Amtrak or otherwise, becoming Adventure Cycling Association members and buying Southern Tier route maps from them.

I can't wait to get back on the trail.