Day 69-Sap, It’s Nature’s Gum On the Bottom Of Your Shoe
Day 69: mile 1350.3-1367.2 Unable to simply roll over and eat breakfast like my usual lazy self, I grabbed my food bag from the bear box around 7:15. I knew…
Day 67 & 68-And Then There Were Two
Day 67: Zero in Chester Day 68: mile 1331.3-1350.3 (Chester to Warner Valley Camp) Today is June 10th, which was the day I’d planned on getting back on the trail…
Day 66-Halfway To Canada, But Not Half Done
Day 66: 1315.7-1331.3 Brrr! I woke up cold. The word brisk comes to mind. There was a chill in the air, but the breeze made it seem so much colder.…
Day 65-My First Night Alone Since the Desert
Day 65: 1301.9-1315.7 Another day waking up in the snow. It felt oddly normal. Was I getting used to this? Could it be that I finally didn’t mind it? Oh…
Day 64-The Day I Bushwhacked Up 2,000 Feet
Day 64: mile 1286.7-1301.9 Made it out of Belden today after my unintended Zero yesterday. To say it was a climb out would be an understatement. It was a 6,000…
Day 62 & 63-See Ya Later Snowshoes
Day 62: mile 1267.9-1286.8 Day 63: Zero I woke up so happy to be feeling warm. The first night back out here was pleasant. Even though I knew I had…
Day 58-Bucks Lake Came A Day Early
Day 58: mile 1242.9-1263.5 (Buck’s Lake) I attempted to dry a few things in the ever moving spots of sunshine before I left camp. Pretty unsuccessful, so I made my…
Day 57-A Road Walk Sounds Nice
Day 57: mile 1229.9-1242.9 Dipity and I started the day together in case of more craziness like we had yesterday. To our surprise we had quite a bit of dirt…
Day 54-Today Could’ve Gone Much Worse
Day 54: mile 1197.9-1209.3 Dipity headed out before me with the plan to wait for me if things were too sketchy. This motivated me to get up and moving earlier…
Day 53-Who Needs Pants Anyway
Day 53: mile 1195.4-1197.9 ( Nero out of Sierra City) We all quietly laid awake, trying not to disturb each other. You know, the polite thing to do when you…