Pages

▼
Thursday, August 06, 2020

Collegiate Loop Part 1

›
"Go prepared for rain," one of my colleagues at work told me.  How'd she know my first three days on this trail would be rain ...
2 comments:
Friday, August 23, 2019

The High Uinta's

›
One may have guessed I couldn't let my final vacation weekend go without some hiking, could they?  After reviewing my gear choices of th...
Friday, August 09, 2019

24 hours in Truckee

›
Truckee is a small town stop on the PCT and California Zephyr routes. Since I resupplied in Sierra City I skipped this popular PCT stop. I...
Wednesday, August 07, 2019

Winding Down

›
As I dropped into the basin containing the Peter Grubb hut, I heard and saw I-80.  "Ah, expletive, the hike is almost over," I bem...
Sunday, August 04, 2019

Sierra City

›
From the top of Sierra Butte I could see the almost whole world, except I did not climb the stairs to the fire tower. On my zero, as I waite...
Friday, August 02, 2019

Be informed

›
I thought fires were my pet peeve on the PCT. As I crossed a mixed use area I realized PCT also mean Perfect Cycling Trail.  I crossed paths...

from view to view

›
I chose to leave Beldon around 6:30 am. That was not my leaving time, just when I decided to leave.  I had breakfast at Caribou Crossings.  ...
Sunday, July 28, 2019

Beldon

›
I got into Beldon with music thumping near a mile out.  I found the Beldon still awake from the night before.  7 AM a bit to early, I waited...
Saturday, July 27, 2019

Down to Beldon

›
Connecting Lassen NP to Beldon went straight forward, do miles, watch MT Lassen disappear.  One thing about section hiking is I never see to...

Lassen Volcanic NP

›
Years ago fire ripped throughout the area.  Maybe 1/3 of this park and some areas to the north were effected.  What caught my attention as I...
Sunday, July 21, 2019

Hat Rim

›
The alarm sounded just once.  I thrust my had towards my phone to turn it off so as not to wake the other hikers at 5 am.  A glow greated me...
Thursday, July 18, 2019

Burney Falls

›
Black Swifts dart in and out of the falls, sporadic movements to get bugs.  Water rushing over the cliffside and out of the watertable greet...
Friday, July 12, 2019

Etna to Castle Crags

›
We were able to convince Dave, from Hike Hut, to give us a ride up the mountain.  He told us stories of when he first arrived in Etna after ...
Sunday, July 07, 2019

Rest Days

›
Etna CA, small town USA, is far enough off the highway it doesn't get a stoplight.  The highway does skirt to the south.  Main St doesn...
Saturday, July 06, 2019

Day 4 to 6

›
Gritting my teeth for a 6 mile road walk, I grabbed a Gingerale and a Snickers as I walked out of Seiad. 2 miles on a highway, 2 on paved ne...
Tuesday, July 02, 2019

Day 3 1/2

›
Ah the small town of Seiad Valley in the state of Jefferson.  A quaint roadside bump in the map. I pushed hard down the mountain to get lunc...

Days 2 thru 3 1/2

›
The stars were within reach of my camp.  The guys I was next to missed out with their rainflys on.  I got up and on the trail by 6:30. A few...
Saturday, June 29, 2019

Day 1

›
Day 1 Though I took 1/2 of Friday off,I used that time to relax the nerves and tidy up a few things still, I didn't get to sleep before ...
Thursday, June 27, 2019

Go Time

›
Months of planning and years of day dreaming are entering the execution phase in the next few hours.  Though I work until Friday afternoon, ...
Sunday, June 16, 2019

First Water Creek

›
3 years ago as I readied myself for the Tahoe Rim Trail I did a few over nighters in Spanish Fork Canyon.  I've returned to that same ar...