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Tahoe Rim Trail – Marlett Lake campground to Spooner Summit
Lessons Learned: 1. Being smelly is good? 2. Toilets are NOT over- rated. 3. Water Bladders (internal and external) are not easy to regulate. The trail out of the Marlett Lake campground seemed to go on forever. Luckily it wasn’t … Continue reading
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Tahoe Rim Trial – Relay Peak to Marlett Campground
We awoke to a chilly morning (for July) and Paul’s infernal alarm clock (if I could figure out how to disable it, I would). We packed up and drank our remaining water in the form of Via coffee. Considering how … Continue reading
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Tahoe Rim Trail: Brockway Summit – Relay Peak
Lessons Learned: 1. Maps and or guide books are mere “suggestions” 2. What looks “smooth” and “flat” from a distance usually is NOT. 3. Don’t count on, or pass up an opportunity to get water. We awoke to discover that … Continue reading
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Blogging 101, Day One: Introduce Yourself to the World
In an effort to improve my skill set with regard to blogging, I have enrolled in WordPress’s “Blogging 101”. This of course is in line with my seemingly perennial habit of doing thing bass-awkward. Let’s write an on-line blog (Is … Continue reading
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Tahoe Rim Trail – Tahoe City to Brockway Summit
Day One Lessons: 1. All downhills have an uphill, but not all uphills have downhills. 2. All trails start with an uphill, and generally end with an uphill. 3. Filtered water out of a green pond full of tadpoles, tastes … Continue reading
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Tahoe Rim Trail (TRT)
The Tahoe Rim Trail (TRT) is a 165 mile mountainous (often multi-use) trail that essentially circumnavigates Lake Tahoe. A permit is required for traverse into and through the Desolation Wilderness and the trail joins with parts of the Pacfic Crest … Continue reading
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Das Boot
Grand plans of more grand hikes and adventures came to a screeching halt nearly 2 weeks upon our return from walking The Camino followed by sparse travel through the cities of Porto and Lisbon, Portugal. It appears that the pain … Continue reading
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From whence we came
Fisterra – Santiago…and eventually Home. The vicious storm that was on the forecast finally came in. It rained and blew so hard that the power went out several times last night, for extended periods of time. Having a roof over … Continue reading
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End of the World
Day 37…or Day 3 (20KM) Cee – Fisterra To make the most of the day, we get up early (no suprise), and make our way through a definitely still sleeping Cee. It is Sunday morning, so not much will open … Continue reading
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To the Cee
Day 36…or Day 2 (43km) Vilaserio – Cee We awake to “clear” dark skies and the twinkling of stars. We wrap our packs in their rain covers and put our rain gear at the top of our packs, just in … Continue reading
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