Camping - PCT style. Mile - 300ish

Camping and sleeping on the PCT has been great and different from what we experienced on the AT.  It is so dry and arid that "cowboy camping" (sleeping without a tent) has been our preferred lodging.  No need to put up and take down a tent and the nighttime views are breathtaking!  We carry a tarp just in case but we rarely use it.  

Almost Awesome washing her perpetually dirty feet and legs at Holcombe Creek.  It isn't that SHE is so dirty it is the fact that the dust and dirt is so fine that it finds it way into everything. EVERYONE has brown/black feet and legs.

Foot care is a daily routine.  We MIGHT forget to brush our teeth but never do we forget to care for our feet.

Almost Awesome is ready for Possum to come and snuggle up!

Pesto, couscous, and tuna with crushed red pepper flakes?  Why, that just sounds lovely!  We decided to start this hike by "going cold" which means having no stove with which to cook.  We usually only cooked our dinner but now we are just soaking our specially selected dinner items for about 30 minutes while we hike and then just stop, mix, and eat.  We weren't sure if we would like this but we are REALLY liking this way of eating.  Our imaginations are exploding with great dinner ideas AND we don't have to carry a stove and fuel which also means we don't have to find fuel (which can sometimes be tough to find).

That looks like a REALLY good bite!