{"id":3757,"date":"2019-10-01T23:18:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T06:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/?p=3757"},"modified":"2019-10-01T23:21:19","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T06:21:19","slug":"day-164-we-made-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/2019\/10\/01\/day-164-we-made-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 164: We made it!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today (Oct 1st) we touched the PCT marker where the trail crosses Highway 44 near Old Station in central California. This means we have an unbroken set of footsteps from the Mexican border to the Canadian border. Almost all of the footsteps have been on the ups and downs of the Pacific Crest Trail, except for three short alternate routes that we chose because they were more scenic or were due to a trail closure.<\/p>\n

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It would have been nice to walk continuously from Mexico to Canada but we are more than happy to have covered the whole trail in different sections (due to weather) even though our finish point was the inauspicious one horse town of Old Station.<\/p>\n

So we have achieved our goal to through hike the PCT in one season (164 days to be exact). Many thanks to all of you who wrote encouraging comments on this blog. And a special thanks to my terrific wife who has put up with so much and put in a tremendous effort, including coping with a sore shoulder.<\/p>\n

We thank God for many blessings, including:<\/p>\n