May 27, 2018 745.3-755.3 When I woke up the next morning I found that I was having some misgivings about skipping ahead. I’m not sure what it was, but for some reason, I just really wanted to continue up into the Sierra. Maybe I was still married to the idea of hiking a continuous footpathContinue reading “Day 67: Into the Mountains”
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Day 66: So Many Rapid Changes
May 26, 2018 00.0 When I woke the next morning in the same position I’d fallen asleep in, I knew it had been a solid nights’ rest. Good thing, too, because once we got up into the mountains we’d be getting up before dawn to hit the trail, not to beat the heat but toContinue reading “Day 66: So Many Rapid Changes”
Day 65: Heading Back to Lone Pine
May 25, 2018 00.0 The next morning I awoke around 4:00am and couldn’t get back to sleep because the AC was cranked up and I was freezing. It was chilly outside and Sparky and Ghosthiker were still sound asleep, so I grabbed my money and fleece pullover I’d had sent to me for the SierraContinue reading “Day 65: Heading Back to Lone Pine”
Day 64: Farewell, Desert!
May 24, 2018 00.0 I finally got to enjoy a relatively slow morning at Scott and Jennifer’s before we set off for Ridgecrest. Saying goodbye the second time was even harder. I felt like I’d acquired a set of trail angel parents in addition to my current trail parents (and my real parents, whom thereContinue reading “Day 64: Farewell, Desert!”
Day 56: A Whirlwind Day
May 16, 2018 730.8-745.3 I woke while it was still dark (as usual) and went to retrieve my food bag from its tree and, lo and behold, there was my headlamp! I must have put it in my food bag on accident in my haste to put things away before crawling into the warmth ofContinue reading “Day 56: A Whirlwind Day”
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