April 27, 2021 739 Last night I was asleep by 8:30pm and then I woke up again when my wet tent was sitting against my head! Um, what? My tent was covered in snow, so I knocked it off from the inside and looked at my phone. Only 10:30pm! Ugh. It felt like I’d been asleepContinue reading “Day 55:…no, wait, Day 56:…”
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Day 50: Wild Horses!
April 21, 2021 668.2 Because I camped alone, I set my phone alarm. Good thing, too, because I’m pretty sure I’d have slept until the sun came up otherwise. It was very quiet this morning. I felt like every little movement and rustle I made inside my tent was equivalent to a stampede of elephantsContinue reading “Day 50: Wild Horses!”
Day 30: The Not-so-Good Day
April 1, 2021 Mile: 406.4 I was up at 4:15am. One of the lines on my tent broke. Not sure how. Maybe it got chewed by a critter? I’ll have to fix it later. At least my tent didn’t fall down in the night. It’s just one corner so not detrimental, and I have myContinue reading “Day 30: The Not-so-Good Day”
Day 18: Oracle State Park
March 20, 2021 Mile: 212.9 Oh sweet, merciful Jesus. I don’t believe I’ve ever slept this well in my entire life. My hotel bed was so comfortable, like a nice, soft, broken-in bed you’d find at home. I definitely slept like the dead. I’m sure it helped that the last several nights I’d had almostContinue reading “Day 18: Oracle State Park”
Day 13: From Sand to Snow
March 15, 2021 Mile 148.9 So. Bloody. Cold! Our campsite is at roughly 5200’ elevation and near a stream, so…yeah, it’s cold. Crawling out of my tent to get my food bag out of the bear box was a serious chore. I slept like the dead and woke up so stiff, having hot coffee in theContinue reading “Day 13: From Sand to Snow”
Day 110: Hiking to Lyman Lake
August 20, 2018 2529.3-2553.1 to Cloudy Pass Trail Junction, then 2 miles to Lyman Lake This is the second day I’ve woken up to find a little mouse turd on my stuff. Yesterday it was on my shoe, today it was on the snack pouch of my pack. It’s as if they’re saying “piss off,Continue reading “Day 110: Hiking to Lyman Lake”
Day 82: The Worst Dog Owner Ever
June 11, 2018 878.7-882.2 The next morning I slept in until 6:30am. The store was restocking the shelves that morning and I kicked myself for not waiting to resupply. Pickings had been slim the day before and now they had stuff that I needed most! Where/why had they been hiding it when the swarm ofContinue reading “Day 82: The Worst Dog Owner Ever”
Day 81: Vermillion Valley Resort
June 10, 2018 866.5-878.7 So cold. So very, very cold. One our way down the mountain we were walking gingerly to avoid slipping on the ice-covered rocks and roots. At one point, I put my foot down on a large, steep rock and just as I was thinking, “This is probably slippery-” my foot flewContinue reading “Day 81: Vermillion Valley Resort”
Day 77: Trooper and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day…(except for the end)
June 6, 2018 813.8-824.7 In an effort to keep these entries as true to their original content as possible, I’ve cleaned up the grammar, punctuation, and overall organization or things but left in much of the profanity that may have been typed while hiking. I just want to be real with you guys, because sometimesContinue reading “Day 77: Trooper and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day…(except for the end)”
Sarah Hikes 