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FOR SCRAMBLER AND CAPTAIN BLIGH

ZERO DAYS is the story of my family’s backpacking trip along the Pacific Crest Trail. My family—my husband, Gary, our 10-year-old daughter, Mary, and I—started hiking the trail on April 8, 2004, and finished on October 25, 2004. I named my book Zero Days after the phrase long-distance backpackers use to describe a short break from hiking. It’s a “zero day” because a backpacker racks up zero mileage on the trail itself that day. For weary, footsore, and half-starved backpackers, a Zero Day is a Very Big Deal.

NOTE ABOUT JOURNAL ENTRIES: Throughout our PCT trek, Mary kept a daily journal with illustrations and thoughts about our journey. Several of her illustrations and journal entries are included in this book.