For as long as we have been married, we have both had a goal of being able to hike the entire John Muir Trail.  In 2008, this became a reality.  For months, we planned out the logistics including food preparation, resupplies, and where we would be camping each night.  We both wanted to take our time to hike the entire 220+ miles, and 26 days was the magic number.  We both kept daily journals that we wrote in prior to going to bed each night.