Today is 3rd of July and we are resting in a hotel. We are in Sierra City, and did almost 1200 miles. We are getting closer to half way!
We are doing well. It’s been almost 3 months now since we touched the Mexican border.
After the Sierras, many PCT hikers quit or got injured, so we are clearly thinning out. It’s more like a mental challenge now than physical. We are still in California, but getting closer to Oregon, getting closer to half way.
I’m always optimistic but I can see why people say that Northern California is the hardest. The scenery changed, still pretty but not spectacular and the lower elevation and July brought the heat as well. We have to start carrying more water again. We are doing at least 20 miles per day and we will need to do more and more if we want to get to Canada.
We have been listening to audiobooks, podcasts and lots of music. Probably 4 hours each day. I got to learn about a lot of cool things through Great Courses on Audible.
We are carrying more food now and hopefully stopped losing more weight.
In 10 days we will take more than a week vacation and spend time with Mike’s family in Utah and Wyoming. We are really looking forward to spend some time with family and took a long break.
Before that we have one big stretch and then we get to rest.
Margo & Mike PCT Adventures 
Almost halfway! We look forward to seeing you in a week or two.
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