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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 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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Post Trail Depression?
It’s hard to believe that a little over a year ago we began our first, of what we believe will be many, long trail adventures. Hiking season is upon us and while this hiking season our jaunts will be relativley … Continue reading
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Still Married after ALL those Miles…
It continually befuddles Paul and I as to the melodramatic exclamation we get when people hear we hiked the PCT. Not because we did it in its entirety over 2700 miles (one must NOT forget the “bonus miles”), but that … Continue reading
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Gear review…finally
It’s been a little over 3 months since we have completed our thru-hike of the PCT, and high time we give a review of what we carried and found useful, as well as if we had it to do all … Continue reading
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Musings from home
So its been two months since we’ve gotten home, and been off trail. We’ve since received our completion medals from the PCTA (Pacific Coast Trail Association) which are pretty cool…and heavy. The back of the medals are engraved with our … Continue reading
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Back to “Reality” Part Two – A walk in the park
Today we will take a gander at Stanley Park, but first is mass at the local church (it’s been 5 months), followed by a haircut and color for me (I may feel old, but nothing says I have to look … Continue reading
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