My Personal Forest Rave
Day 94: Near Sierra Buttes Yesterday it was Vortex. Tomorrow it may be Mindbreak. But today, it was Solomun, live at Ibiza. For 2 ½…
Slow Travels
EVERY JOURNEY BEGINS WITH THE NEXT STEP
Commitment
Day 93: North Sierras So a lot of the things I heard about the PCT in advance have come to play as true. Examples are:…
Infatuation
Day 92: Donner Pass I am once again struck how each turn of this trail unfolds a new and breathtaking scene. I had heard that…
Outrun the Crowds
Day 91: Desolation Wilderness The mountainside is literally crawling with people. Oh, and their dogs. And their children. And their enormous packs. Or their minuscule…
Shouldering Weight for Friends
Day 90: Granite Chief Wilderness Oh, the things we do for our friends. Canon‘s birthday is two days up the trail, and all of us…
Tough Trail
Day 79: Sierra Mountains North in the Sierras, the terrain and the trail make a perfect concoction for the slowest miles imaginable: snow pockets that…
Parting the Red Sea
Day 78: Sierra Mountains I figured it was challenge enough to do to walk 2661 miles in one summer season, so I have no shame…
An Incomplete View
Day 77: Yosemite Yosemite is a postcard image, perfect in hues and shapes. The parts that aren’t in the picture however are a little less than…
Trust Your Feet
Day 76: Tuolumne Meadows I needed to learn to trust my feet. And today I finally did, and they stood up to the test. First…
Family Reunion
Day 75: End of the High Sierra So after the pre-Sierra split, the family did indeed all find one another once again. Yes, ALL of…