Day -1 Woke up before dawn for our 6AM flight from San Francisco to San Diego. Our host and friend Enia woke up with us to give us a ride to the airport. She’s a longtime friend of Jess’s, a lawyer, and a proud Belarusian. I really enjoyed getting to know her better in our…
Hello blog readers! It’s been a while. In fact, it’s been four and half years since my last proper hiking update – after a National Park Service helicopter plucked me off the Pacific Crest Trail. A lot’s changed since then. I rode out the pandemic years in the Western Australian hermit kingdom. I had heart…