Month: July 2017

Paul seems to be recovered from his cold, but I am a day or two behind him, so I’ve been lagging today. It’s really hot out, in the mid-upper 90s and humid to boot. We got a ride to the …

We had a half-day today, 13.9 miles to Burney Falls State Park. It was hot early this morning, and we were glad to be at the park by noon. We picked up our package there and hitched into Burney to …

What a day we had today. We slept in this morning because we’ve been feeling pretty tired the past few days. We were hiking by 8, but by then it was already getting hot. The trail today took us along …

Last night at camp, a fellow camper in a converted ambulance fed us beer and leftover pork carnitas, some unexpected trail magic that kept us up a bit too late. We were a little tired today as we walked through …

Today we had 19 miles to walk to town. While the last few miles were mostly downhill, there were a lot of ups and downs for most of the route. It was a warm day and it is definitely more …

Well, the party last night didn’t really get going until after dark. The electronic music was blasting from 10pm-6am, nonstop. Despite being across the river, the nose was so loud it was vibrating up from the ground. My earplugs did …

Today we had 18.5 miles to hike to Belden, a tiny town right on the trail where we planned to stop and enjoy the local bar/restaurant and head out for another mile or so in the evening. We did a …

The landscape today was reminiscent of Oregon: huge Douglas-fir trees, ferns, and plenty of green. There were still many blowdowns across the trail but not so bad as yesterday. We did quite a bit of climbing in the afternoon, and …

Our morning started in the snow, with several miles of navigating and bushwhacking to slow us down. After we finally dropped below the snowline, we met some Southbounders who told us there was just one more 2 mile stretch of …

Today was an AT kind of day. We woke up in the forest and hiked through the trees down toward the highway to Sierra City. The trail was free of snow and we made it 11 miles to the road …

It was cold last night, and we really slept in this morning. We didn’t start hiking until after 8:00. We spent the morning navigating through the snow, so the going was slow. By 2:00 we had only gone 8 miles. …

We all had some fun last night at the casino, mostly playing circus/arcade games at Circus Circus, where we stayed for 2 nights in Reno. Today we slept in, and got breakfast and lunch in town before we got a …