As posted for Appalachian Trials. I’m from Northern California. Where the weather is always perfect and the ground sometimes shakes. Pansy you might say. I thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in 2009 and 2013, where I experienced maybe a total of 25 rainy days. Then I started the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) in 2015, … More Got RAIN? – A Preliminary AT Gear List
August 13 – 20 No joke. Building trail is hard work. It’s an adventure in finding those oft unused muscles. It took 9 people a full 5 days to build .78 miles of trail. The project was the Noble Canyon Realignment where we took trail perpendicular to contours and made it nice. The Noble Canyon … More Trail Building Is Hard Work
“Why is thru-hiking so admired? Why is it so addicting? The trail is such that once you start walking, you never want to stop. And when you do stop, your goals and dreams suddenly revolve around getting back on the trail. I don’t have any answers as to why, but I do know that thru-hiking … More All Good Things Come To An End
July 7 Arrive in Truckee. Get hugs from friends. Plan the next step. July 8 Rent car and drive to Ashland, OR. July 9 Zero Medford REI Ashland Co-op salad July 10 Zero Ashland Co-op salad Giants baseball July 11 7 miles of toasty pine smelling Pacific Crest Trail. Camp at 5pm July 12 Green … More The Unplannable
July 6 California Zephyr Amtrak I got fidgety fucker in front of me. I got sings-out-loud across the aisle to my right. I got the Colorado River to my left. And I got random quote maker behind me. Seeing a bald eagle makes my day. And now for the quotes: “I had a bad flash.” … More Quotes Heard ‘Round The Train
July 5 Boulder and Denver Minutes: 3 5 14 16 54
July 4 Start: Alamosa Stop: Denver The Amtrak bus arrives at 6 am and because my reservation is last minute I have to pay the driver directly. I was told that they accept credit cards but of course this turns out not to be the case. I have $33 cash for a $39 ride. The … More Kindness
July 3 Start: past Wolf Creek Pass Stop: Alamosa, CO Miles: 10 All day in Santa Fe I kept asking myself, “Why am I here?” I toured the sights with a half heart, bored by midday. I made my way north to Chama with an uneasy feeling in my stomach and wondered if I should … More When I Listen To My Heart
July 2 Start: Santa Fe, NM Stop: past Wolf Creek Pass,CO Miles: 1.5 Total miles: 685 I made it all that way without paying a dime. Thank you to all the angels in this world and county subsidized buses. 2 out of the 3 hitches were people that turned around and came back for me. … More 2 Bus, 3 Hitch
July 1 Santa Fe, NM I sleep in because REI doesn’t open until 10am. I walk by the newly renovated area along the tracks. Shops and restaurants are interspersed with train stops. I make my REI purchases, pick up the spot my parents have gotten me. Next I catch the Santa Fe free bus and … More Adobe
Journey Return 