Finally, back to well-defined trail… or should I say trails? I got off-trail several times today. The trail joined dirt roads several times, and twice I overlooked the spot where the PCT diverged. There were also many, many different trails criss-crossing the PCT, and I accidentally explored some of those (bonus miles!). My hiking motto is “this isn’t a Robert Frost poem” and therefore I try to stay on the well-marked trails, but even the best of intentions can go astray. Aside from that, there was significantly less snow on trail today, and it’s been so cold that the muddy areas were frozen.
The diversity of the trail is one of the things I love most. Being able to enjoy fragrant tall woods in the morning, and rolling high desert hills flattening into lakes in the afternoon is unbeatable!
