Today was a push to get to Sierra City to pickup a resupply box before the restaurant it was shipped to closed at 3pm.  I was originally planning on getting there tomorrow morning but ended up camping 25 miles away last night.  This was too close to split into two days so I decided to... Continue Reading →

I didn't exactly get the best sleep last night. I woke up around 2:30am noticing a fairly strong smell of smoke. I know there are a couple active fires in CA, but they aren't near me. I had cell service so quickly searched for any new fires. There weren't any. I then looked outside to... Continue Reading →

Today started off easy with a nearly 7.5 mile descent on relatively rock free trail. The trail stayed in the trees for most of this so there weren't many views to stop to admire. I had started with the plan to do at least 25 miles and then see if I felt good enough to... Continue Reading →

I got up this morning after my best sleep in several days. I used to sleep better on trail than in town, but that hasn't been the case lately. The General and I go to breakfast before I pack up and hitch to trail. The hitch out of town is infinitely faster than the hitch... Continue Reading →

Today was a nero in South Lake Tahoe. I woke up around 5:30 and was on trail by 6am. I only had 3 miles to cover to get to the highway to hitch into town. The trail was almost entirely downhill and would have been faster going had the 1st mile not been rocky and... Continue Reading →

Today's word of the day is hungry. I didn't get the best sleep last night as hiker hunger has fully kicked in, and I woke up hungry in the middle of the night.  If I weren't in bear country I'd keep a snack in my tent for these occasions, but I'd rather be hungry than... Continue Reading →

I made an early start hoping to get around 24 miles in today, but was dealing with some knee pain from yesterday's 5000ft of descent. I soon realized this was related to IT band tightness I've had off and on and when to work rolling and stretching it which improved things quickly. I ran into... Continue Reading →

Blue Lizard and I got up early for her to drive me to the trail junction at Sonora Pass.  As soon as we pull in a group of hikers descends on us hoping for a ride to Kennedy Meadows North.  Lucky for them we have a mostly empty minivan for them to pile into.  Once... Continue Reading →

We've finally made it to our planned double zero to stay at an Airbnb with our close friends Aaron and Jody and their kids. Sure, we've taken a some double, triple, quadruple, and longer unplanned stretches off, but at least this one is part of an actual plan. The grown-ups are excited and the kids... Continue Reading →

We're up early this morning to drive to Devil's Postpile before the gates close to personal cars at 7am.  There are busses after that, but we prefer being in control of our travel times for a change.  We take the short hike to the monument, and Waterboy squeezes in a little bit of fishing while... Continue Reading →