2:30am, can't sleep...

So here I am, in San Diego. Lying in bed. I can't sleep. Lol. I leave in 3.5 hours for the most amazing adventure of my life, thus far. I feel like my veins are going to explode. I can't even begin to describe my emotions right now. Everything is so...intense, yet foggy. I feel like I have this 10' diameter ball of electricity that follows me everywhere.

For those of you who don't know, there are a whole bunch of people along the trail known as Trail Angels. And that's pretty much exactly what they do. Randomly show up, and help hikers out in all kinds of ways. They are like the Superheroes of the PCT, and they all do it out of love. Pretty amazing. <3

San Diego has a large network of trail angels, one swooped me up from the airport at midnight and I'm at another angel's house right now, with a few other hikers, who will be starting tomorrow. The generosity and heart of these angels are incredible. What an amazing way to start my journey. Mahalo nui loa, Scout, Frodo and the San Diego angels. You guys are amazing <3

Its hard to believe that in exactly one week, I will be doing nothing but walking for 5 months straight.  Seems crazy, doesn't it?

By the way, if anyone is wondering, I am absolutely shitting bricks right now.  But not in a bad way.  It is as if... my veins are going to explode out of my skin and my whole body is going to invert upon itself and combust.  It is eager anticipation/holy-crap-I-have-no-idea-whats-about-to-happen-but-I-can't-wait-to-find-out, kind of thing.  Haha.  But its all good.  Butterstuff has my back. right, buddy? "woof!!" *wag wag wag*~Butterstuff 

The closest thing I can compare this feeling to is paddling out to sunset beach on a  sizeable day.  That is *exactly* what I feel like right now (and have been for the past week).  And its slowly getting more intense.

Its funny how I really haven't been able to focus much on anything, the past 2 weeks.  Unless I am outdoors and doing something that requires 100% mental concentration,  I just can't get anything done.  Arrrrg, I need to pull myself together, to at least get all my gear together.  Blah.  Menial tasks are incredibly unappealing right now.  Even more so than normal.  


The countdown is on.  This is so nuts.  I can't believe I'm really going to do this.  This is going to be so freaking epic and amazing!!!!

An Update from CJ, about my Animal Clan

My whole clan (except for JP, Tux, and Mac, they're gonna hang out with Matty) is in Seattle right now with CJ.  She is foster caring them for me while I hike.  She went to go buy some food for my resupply packages yesterday, and left my clan with all the food.  EEK!  Anyhow, my clan is "guarding" my food.  Right.  Hopefully there will still be food left, when its time to mail it.  And stay outta my cookies, Wompus!!

Custom Drybag for Butterstuff

For those of you who don't know Butterstuff, he is the coolest dog in the world. I got him about 9 years ago, and he has traveled the world with me since. This summer he will be my copilot on the PCT. I made him a Drybag for days when it's really dusty or wet, so I can clip him to my pack and he can still see. The rest of the time he will ride in the outer mesh pocket of my backpack. Hope you're comfortable in there, buddy! This is gonna be your home for the next 6 months!

My Support Crew

There are several people whom I really couldn't do this trip without.  First and foremost, I am so incredibly lucky and blessed to have my very own Trail Angel.  CJ, who is in Seattle.  Not only is she the one buying all my food, packaging them, and sending me my resupply boxes, she is also foster caring for my entire clan of animals!  Basically, this is like having a part-time job til early October.


Also, thank you Jerod, Jen and Matty, for letting me store all my crap at your house and living there for the last month before I take off for my trip.  I have pretty much taken over their house.  There was already a lot of stuff there, and now all my crap is there too.  Thanks guys for being epically awesome.

April 15: Marathon, April 18: San Diego, October 8:fly home!, and playing around in the ocean

So I bought my flights!  Flying out to San Diego on the 18th to start the hike, return to Hawaii on October 8th, and I signed up for a Marathon 3 days before I leave.  I'm gonna die.

Diva Cup vs. Lady Cup

This one is for the ladies out there.  A while ago, I tried to use the Diva cup, without much success.  It took a lot of trial and error, but I have way more success with the Lady Cup, which is a version of the Diva Cup, but from Europe.  So, here ya go ladies, I wish I saw a commentary like this when I first tried using these products, it woulda made life a lot easier. :)