Sharon Allen, beside herself with anticipation, points to bearcan’t.org, perhaps the most elaborate Pacific Crest Trail journal ever created.

30-30, a 2004 AT veteran, starts his 2007 PCT journal as such:

Hi, my name is Scott & I am a recovering hiker.

(Hi Scott)

I have been hike free for the past 897 days but lately I feel myself slipping. I managed to make it through March 1st, but I’m starting to get the shakes. It comes on when I least expect it. Driving past local parks I break out in a cold sweat. I get REI sales flyers in the mail and I know I shouldn’t, but then a little voice says “But you’ve been good for so long. One little pair of boots. It wont hurt. Just order them online; you don’t even have to go to the store. One quick little click and you can checkout.” Click….click..ClickCLICKCLICKCLICK. Now UPS wants me to open a corporate account.

Alison and Tony Nicoli are getting their food ready:

The purr of the dehydrator accompanies us as we fall to sleep each night and is the first to great us in the morning. In the last couple of weeks lots of fruit, beans, and veggies have met their maker in our kitchen. So far, dehydrating has been going great. We did have one set back when we attempted to dehydrate stewed tomatoes, onions, and garlic – all at the same time. Our apartment smelled so bad. The maintenance guy came to repair something and I was so embarrassed. So, I left a note explaining why our apartment smelled so bad. I read Pack Light, Eat Right as Steal Eye’s latest journal suggests. The author said she won’t even dehydrate onions because they smell so bad. Now I know who the culprit was. Even though our freezer is full of dehydrated food, I feel like it’s only a drop in the bucket and there is tons more to dehydrate.