So the permits for this year's PCT hike have all but been snapped up and I am happy to say that I got mine. The trail is administered and maintained by a not for profit group called the PCTA. They provide an invaluable service to PCT hikers by allowing us to hold a single permit rather than the dozens that would otherwise be required (and hard to get in some National Parks). But in recent years they have implemented a daily cap system of 50 permits per day to soften the impact on the trail. Yesterday was permit day!
I had planned on starting the trail on May 3rd. But when about 2,000 people try to log onto a registration system at exactly 10:30 am, things do not always go as planned. Anyhow, I ended up getting a start date of May 7th instead. Not a big deal. With the huge amounts of snow that have been falling in the Sierra this year, a bit later start date is not amiss.
The other bit of planning that I am engaged in is the pre-PCT trip. Our daughter and I are going on a father/daughter road trip which will culminate in her dropping me off at the southern terminus of the trail. Seems even "adult" children in university get pretty giddy at the thought of a couple of days at Disneyland and Universal Studios. Apparently we have to try butter beer and buy wands at Harry Potter World. Hey, the wand might come in handy at some of the stream crossings in the mountains!
Well, back to the couch for some more intensive training.
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