But First...... A JMT Journey

PCT/JMT update. 

5 months after my hiking partner Terry's bicycle accident, we plan to get on the PCT. We are looking at a section between Cottonwood Pass and Onion Valley and if successful we will continue from Onion Valley to Taboose Creek. Our Journey begins on July 21, 2024!

Our Journey lasted two days. We hiked from the Cottonwood Parking lot to the Upper Lake below New Army Pass. The next day, we decided not to continue and headed back to the parking lot. We had done a car shuffle and had to pick up a car. On our drive to pick up the car, we picked up two hikers needing a ride to Highway 395.

Vaccines for Africa - Today received Yellow Fever and Typhoid Shots.

 What Vaccines Do I Need for North and West Africa? The CDC and WHO recommend the following vaccinations for travelers to North and West Africa: Hepatitis A, hepatitis B, typhoid, cholera, yellow fever, rabies, anthrax, and meningitis.

Today my wife and I received our vaccination shots for the upcoming Africa Safari trip. We received polio, and typhoid shots, and picked a waiver for the Yellow Fever vaccination.  We also received Azithromycin tablets, Atovaquone-Proguanil pills, and Oseltamivir Phosphate.

For the medications, injections, waiver, and consult the total cost was $662.22. Breakdown:

$55.00 for the consultation

$80.00 for the polio shot

$150.00 for the typhoid shot

$25.00 for the Yellow Fever Waiver

$1.11 Copay ($25.69)  for Azithromycin

$10.00 Copay ($193.99) Atovaquone-Proguanil

$10.00 Oseltamivir Phophate