MM: 652 Trail Miles: 14 Miles Walked: 17 Today was a planned easy day. I had enough food to make Kennedy Meadows, but everyone else had planned to resupply in Lake Isabella, a town 35 miles west of the trail. It had the last grocery store for 250 miles. I didn’t want to get ahead …
Trail Miles: 22.2 Miles Walked: 22.2 Awoke to a beautiful sunrise. The trail was pretty through the desert once again – Joshua trees and flowering sage bushes. The nearby mountains reminded me of the Blue Ridge with their smoky, layered look. Heard military jets all day and into night. We were close to China Lake. …
Miles: 596.5 to 616.2 Trail Miles: 19.7 Miles Walked: 21 Cloudy, misty this morning. Passed the 600 mile markers (all 3) Painter saw a Bear! Met Cover Girl and Three Frogs. They’d heard from their buddy who was already at Mile 800 in the Sierras. His advice: Don’t listen to fear mongering in Kennedy Meadows. …