"The PCT's calling card is its stunning beauty. It has a diversity of geography unequaled by any footpath in the world. Haunting and beckoning the PCT hiker are the implacable desert, the towering majesty of the so-called High Sierra, and the ruggedly bleak, northern Cascade range. Indeed, the PCT hiker faces much greater extremes of terrain and climate than on the famed Appalachian Trail. Completing this demanding challenge calls for overwhelming clarity of purpose." I came across this excerpt recently and thought it summed up a few things quite well. The time is quickly approaching when Roxi and I will be in the middle of the "ruggedly bleak northern Cascade Range" with a fairly simple purpose: go south. It is an incredible concept the anyone can walk on this continuous footpath for 2,600 miles and end up literally across the country. But until then our days will be a flurry of activity getting all the pieces in place and hoping nothing is forgotten. Happy Trails! ~Laura & Roxi