Day 7 – 28 mi – PCT mile 166

Start: mile 140

End: tentsite at mile 166

Miles covered: 26 (+2 miles round trip to the cafe)

PCT mile marker: 140/2652

Highlight:  Ridge walk around Palm View Peak (above) and Jose burger for lunch at the Paradise Valley Cafe.

Biggest challenge: Climbing up from Paradise Valley Cafe in the heat. But it was  nothing that two ibuprofen and some showtunes couldn’t cure.

Honorable mention: Thanks to Mary for maintaining this great spot for…err…relief, shown below.