Through Yosemite National Park until South Lake Tahoe. 1000 milestone on the PCT.

Today is June 26. We did so far 1096 miles.

We are taking a well deserved rest day in South Lake Tahoe in a lovely Airbnb.

This is how we look now. And look at the sign above us.

We feel great and very healthy. We do 20 miles each day although we could even do more, but we like to take long lunch breaks and get to camp early.

Total weight loss is 47 pounds. Mike lost 35 and I did 12. I think I’m done losing weight but Mike got to eat more calories! We bought a ton of food and as we got rid off the heavy bear cans and micro spikes after Yosemite by Sonora Pass, now we can supplement the weight with carrying extra food.

My experiment: Each night I place a wood stick or pine cone on the top of our bear cans to see if a bear comes over while we are sleeping. No bears so far.

We are done with 40% of the PCT. We finished the High Sierras. From Mammoth we walked to Yosemite and then to South Lake Tahoe.

As the elevation is now around 7000-8000 feet and less snow, we can do more miles per day. As usual we go up and down all day. It’s still 3000 – 4000 feet uphill throughout a day, but our legs are trained to do it easier than before. It’s time to pick up more miles each day. All PCT hikers are hiking more miles now.

The scenery is still beautiful. Less high mountains, but more wild flowered covered landscape, lakes, rivers and mixed volcanic and granites mountains.