Mile Marker: 566 Trail Miles: Zero Miles Walked: about 3-4 Slept great but still woke at sunrise. Laundry got done and then I went to the grocery store with Scooch, Fireball, Cherry Bomb and Smokebeard. Unfortunately I hadn’t yet picked up my resupply box from the P.O. so I bought entirely too much food. Not …
MM: 566 Trail Miles: 17 Miles Walked: 18 I forgot to reset my alarm from last night so it went off at 0215. Ugh. And this was a day I could sleep in a bit. Anyways, I’d enjoyed the Trail Magic last night at Mile 549! Water and cookies. Didn’t need water as I’d tanked …
Miles 521.5 to 549 Trail Miles: 27.5. Miles Walked: 27.5 The alarm went off around 2:20am. We were up and hiking by 3:10. It was chilly at that hour but worth it. We would get across the Aqueduct and Mojave Desert mostly in the dark. Sunrise and Joshua Trees We eventually stopped for a needed …
Mile 498.2 to 521.5 Trail Miles: 23.3 Miles Walked: 23.6 Everything was wet again when we woke up around 5. We’d cowboy camped and the dew had condensed on my sleeping bag, tent, backpack, shoes, socks. Everything. Nothing to do but pack up and get on the trail. We’d stop and let things dry out …
MM: 498 Trail Miles: 20 Miles Walked: 20.5 Terrie & Joe Anderson, the owners of Casa de Luna, have a Pancake breakfast every morning. There were over 90 hikers there. It’s a great operation. I don’t know how they do it year after year. After breakfast I headed to the main road through town with …
MM: 478 Trail Miles: 4 Miles Walked: 4.6 When I woke up everything was wet. My campsite at mile 474 was in and out of the clouds, so everything was damp if not beading water. Normally, that’d be an inconvenience. Packing up a wet and dirty tent is annoying. Fortunately today was going to be …
Agua Dulce to Mile 474 MM: 474.2 Trail Miles: 19.7 Miles Walked: 20 I’d heard there were at least 90 hikers at Hiker Heaven last night – the most so far this season. I’d slept decently well considering – that’s a lot of snoring, nylon swishing and tent zippers through the night. The weather (snow) …
MM: 454.5 Trail Miles: 10.2 Miles Walked: 11.8 Today was a planned easy 10 miles to Agua Dulce. When I saw the overcast sky, I knew there was no hurry to pack up and beat the heat. I took the time to boil water for tea and oatmeal. I ate with Painter and Cloud Rider. …
MM: 444.3 Trail Miles: 20 Miles Walked: 20.6 Today the trail continued the transition from Alpine forest to desert scrub. The views were mostly of the valleys that line Hwy 14, the Antelope Valley Freeway. View of Hwy 14 I hadn’t slept well and was hankering for a nap by 1000. At 1030, I stopped …
MM: 424.3 Trail Miles: 25.6 Miles Walked: 26.0 I crossed the 400 mile markers (all 4 of them) shortly after getting on the trail. Seems the people who make the markers (positioning pine cones & rocks) can’t agree on mileage…… I ran into Alex again at Camp Glenwood, the first water stop. He was trying …