We've have had a few days to recuperate from our 12 mile + hiking days and after 5 days off the trail can proudly say we have not really walked anywhere. Or really done much of anything like hiking in the woods till today when we hung out at Lake Anza in the Berkeley hills for a few hours... I think our bodies are finally beginning to readjust to "normal" eating habits, though it's hard to refrain from eating large quanities of food or lots of sweet things. All the convenience, easiness and fast-paced lifestyle might still take a little getting used to...but we're about to work on a farm for a couple of weeks, so maybe we don't have to fit into the so-called "real world" quite yet. Now that we've had a couple of days in Oakland full of shower taking, laundry doing, Harry Potter movie watching, Harry Potter book reading, binge eating, sunburning, repacking, and replanning, I think we're about ready to continue being nomads for a while and keep on adventuring...
I have some more trail journals and paintings to post from our hiking trip, but probably won't get those up for another couple weeks...check back.
In the meantime, check out http://picasaweb.google.com/krystapanga/PCT2007 for some highlight photos of the trip:)
Some favorites:
(From top to bottom: 1.Thousand Island Lake (John Muir Wilderness); 2.Lake of the Lone Indian (John Muir Wilderness); 3. JMT hiker Friends Michael, Niki, taking a "zero day" with little Adrian at Vermillion Valley Resort (Near Lake Edison, East of Fresno); 4. Glenn, Koa and I on top of Mt. Whitney! (Sequoia National Park); 5. Rae Lakes (Kings Canyon); 6. Evolution Lake (John Muir Wilderness); and 7. our run in with Mr. Bear (in Lyle Canyon outside of Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite)!
