Monthly Archives: July 2014

Day  95: (19.5 miles) mile 1270 – 1289.5 Just before we leave for the pancake breakfast another hiker, Tortuga arrives.  Tortuga is our age and started from Campo one day after us, March 31.  We talk about our travels and … Continue reading →

Day 94: (8 miles) mile 1262 – 1270 We had four legged visitors last night…nosey deer that kept marching around and near our tent.  They are nearly as annoying as the mosquitoes, especially because these guys wake us up.  Although … Continue reading →

Day 93: (23 miles) mile  1239 -1262 We awoke to predators outside our tent, buzzing, lying in wait, ready to pounce the moment the tent zipper was parted.  We hastily consumed our breakfast, battled the skeeters and flies, and were … Continue reading →

Day 92: (22.5 miles) mile 1216.5 – 1239 In keeping with last night’s amazing sunset, this morning’s sunrise was nothing to sneeze at.  Today was to be a series of “rolling” ups and downs.  We were treated to another fabulous … Continue reading →

Day 91: (20 miles) mile 1196.5 – 1216.5 Today was mostly up, like 15 of the 20 miles.  The first 8 included a climb of over 3000 feet over our favorite type of trail… Rocks!  We passed the 1200 mile … Continue reading →

Day 90: (20.5 miles) mile 1178 – 1195.5 +3.5 “bonus miles” We were on the trail early and setting a good pace, as it was Sierra City town day.  Today was quite “summery” as it was hot!  We had to … Continue reading →

Day 89: (20 miles) mile 1159 – 1179 Julie from Granite Chief Outfitters had offered to give us a ride back to the trailhead and was at the hotel at 7am. We had just finished breakfast, full of bagels and … Continue reading →

Day 88: (7 miles) All our miles today were town walking, as we’d rather not shell out anymore cab fare monies if we don’t have to, and we were too impatience to wait for the bus. After our Continental breakfast … Continue reading →

Day 87: (17 miles) mile 1137 – 1155 The wind howled all night as it rained periodically.  The alarm goes off at 0530…it’s still raining, thus no reason to leave a perfectly dry tent, even if it is to slog … Continue reading →