Rambling

PCT 2018 Day 18, May 10, Thursday.

Start mile 400

End mile 429.2, under a tall pine

Miles walked: 29.2

Here is a cone from Coulter Pine. The path is white sandy soil, like crushed limestone. The ecozone keeps switching, starting as tall mixed conifer, going to low oak, to high desert shrubs, to old burn, to pines spaced far apart, then randomly alternating each mile. From the small spring near where I camped, the next sure water source is 18 miles away at a faucet at Mill Creek Fire Station, and a line of hikers wait their turn to fill up. Up high on ridges, now around 5.5k elevation, one can make out how the coastal range shifts directions.