Miles: 1381.8 to 1412.8 Mileage: 31, plus 0.6 to water Day: 72 Today it was partly cloudy; sometimes we even had clouds covering the direct sunlight for an hour or so. It’s the most clouds I’ve seen in weeks. Big, vanilla scoops of ice cream in the sky. Today we hiked the Hat Creek Rim. […]
Miles: 1356.9 to 1381.8 Mileage: 24.9, plus 1 mile to water Day: 71 After camping with ants, we spent the morning hiking to Lower Twin Lake. It would be our next water source and, to our pleasant surprise, it was beautiful. We got water and then stripped off our gross, salty clothes and went swimming. […]
Miles: 1335.4 to 1356.9 Mileage: 21.5 Day: 70 I woke up early to get started on the laundry. I wanted so very much to stay in bed. It was so soft and clean and comfortable. But if we wanted to get back on the trail (or have enough clothing to go get breakfast) somebody had […]
Miles: 1305.3 to 1335.4 Mileage: 30.1, plus 0.6 to water Day: 69 We finally got up with the first alarm at 6 a.m. We haven’t done that in weeks. I ate my last pop tart as we started walking. We spent most of the morning quiet, in our own heads. It’s not always the most […]
Miles: 1278.8 to 1305.3 Mileage: 26.5 Day: 68 Today was the hottest day I can remember on the trail so far. It is certainly summer now. I can tell because my face is caked in salt at the end of the day and my clothes are pounds heavier from the sweat that’s soaked into them. […]
Miles: 1247.3 to 1278.8 Mileage: 31.5 Day: 67 After waking up on the top of the ridge, we spent the morning going down, down, down to the middle fork of the Feather River. We had to dodge poison oak the whole way. It really slowed me down because I had my bare legs brushing against […]
Miles: 1216.2 to 1247.3 Mileage: 31.1, plus .2 miles for water Day: 66 So off we go on our new schedule. We got up and moving by 7:20 a.m. and kept moving until after 7 p.m. We took a short break around 1 p.m. to eat a bag of Cheetos. And we covered more than […]
Miles: 1197.1 to 1216.2 Mileage: 19.1, plus 1.5 road walk to the PCT from town Day: 65 We slept in and had breakfast in town. I got eggs Benedict and a waffle donut (waffle, fried and covered in glaze). The store where we sent our resupply packages was to open at 10 a.m., although the […]
Miles: 1167.4 to 1197.1 Mileage: 31.7, plus .5 road walk toward Sierra City; got a hitch for the rest Day: 64 So, our end of trail plans are slowly coming together and we now have a date where our trail journey must end. Richard’s job starts up on August 17 and he will need a […]
Miles: 1159.7 to 1166.4 Mileage: 6.7, plus .75 from trailhead parking lot Day: 63 We stayed in bed until the last minute before the continental breakfast ended, then hurried down for coffee and bagels. The next hour was spent trying to put our trail lives back together. After checking out, we sat in the hotel […]