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We leave the town of Morro Bay and enter a new chapter: the beach section, with sandy shores and stretches of highway weaving through small coastal towns. I’ve been looking forward to this part of the Condor Trail; the plants, the animals, the terrain will all be new to me.
Read MoreWe leave Motel 6 feeling slightly better. The rest was good, my feet especially needed it, but the existential questions still hang in the air. Why are we doing this? Not just this trail, this day, or this next section, but the whole thing. The blisters, the hunger, the inability to actually hike on a "trail" that’s often more concept than reality. The impenetrable poison oak. All of it.
Read MoreI rinse my socks and shorts in some leftover water. My shorts are baggy now, stretched out and worn. We drink the Coca-Cola from our resupply buckets for breakfast and pack up.
Read MoreIt’s the kind of place you might miss if you blink, but the downtown stretch of Piru has a quiet charm; sun-bleached signs, peaceful streets, and a handwritten blackboard outside a little restaurant called Nikki’s Casamia Restaurant & Catering that reads “Open” and “Pupusas.”
Read MoreThe Condor Trail starts long before the first step. Today, the journey begins on the 5 Freeway, heading north. Two hikers, two separate cars, and four five-gallon buckets of food and supplies.
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