Miles: 1078.7 to 1094 Mileage: 15.3 Day: 45 We set the alarm for 8. After 65 miles in two days, we decided to take an easier day, with the option of opting out if we needed to. But it all worked. We got up and packed up our campsite. We headed to breakfast at a […]
Miles: 1127.1 to 1159.7 Mileage: 32.6, plus .75 to car Day: 30 Today it was Richard’s turn to ride the bike uphill. We got started from the campsite a little later than the day before, but still early enough to finish. Also, instead of the hour drive that Richard had, my drive north to Interstate […]
Miles: 1094 to 1127.1 Mileage: 33.1 Day: 43 Up before light, I crawled out of my sleeping bag and found my way to the rental car. I decided to change into my hiking clothes from under the protective waves of engine-generated heat. Richard drove me and the bike to the gate across Barker Pass Road. […]
Miles: 0 Ok. I hope this is not a trend. Today was not complicated by illness but by logistics. We slept in to allow a little more recovery time and left the motel around 10 a.m. We planned to drive about 2 hours north to the Lake Tahoe area for 2 or 3 days of […]
Miles: 789.9 to 789.9 Mileage: 0 Day: 40 Coming down out of the Sierras for real world business and a week of slacking*, we knew we would need a solid day to get the logistics in order. *Slacking, or slack packing, is when thru hikers cover miles on the long distance trail they’re hiking but […]