MM: 324.4 Trail Miles: 25.9 Miles Walked: 26.2 The nice thing about hiking solo is you can stop when and where you want and for as long as you want to. I took 30 min for breakfast, an hour for lunch, and a little over an hour at Deep Creek Hot Springs. I took pictures …
Big Bear/Cougar Crest to Deep Creek Bridge (Mile 277.7 to 298.5) MM: 298.5 Trail Miles: 20.8 Miles Walked: 23.2 Jim & Janet dropped me off at the Cougar Crest Trailhead at 0700. I was excited to get on the trail but also sad to leave. They had been so wonderful, it was hard to leave …
Because I needed some motivation…. Enjoy! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0PleoqR7VjY
MM: 277.7 Cougar Crest Trail Junction Trail Miles: 0 Miles Walked: 0 On Day 16, Slim and I did 21+ trail miles and then hiked an additional 2.4 miles to the Cougar Crest Trailhead, near Big Bear. Friends of Betty’s Mom and BILS were picking us up. Our Trail Angels, Jim and Janet, would house, …
Beyond my normal journal entry, I wanted to make note of two people we met on the trail today. Just as I was starting to struggle physically and mentally, desperately in need of my first day off, I would meet two extraordinary fellow hikers. The first was Signe. It was about 10am and she was …
MM: 277.7 Trail Miles: 21.5 Miles Walked: 23.9 It was 32 deg at 0530 when I awoke to hear Montreal Marc and Mommento packing up. I was warm, comfortable and just as importantly, hadn’t slid anywhere during the night – my thermarest, sleeping bag and body were on top of each other. I’d finally found …
MM: 256.2, elev 7600 ft Trail miles: 20.7 Miles Walked: 21.0 Woke up at 0427 to see Montreal Mark and Momento packing up. They were planning to summit Mt San Gorgonio. I passed on summiting. I feel like I am in need of a zero. (As in a day off, e.g. zero miles). After yesterday’s …
MM: 235.5 Trail Miles: 22.1 Miles Walked:22.1 Yesterday I passed the 200 mile point. I have officially exceeded the distance I did on the John Muir Trail (JMT) in 1997. Our cowboy camp spot at the wind farm was protected from the wind and I slept all right. When I woke at 0540 there were …
MM:213.4 Trail Miles: 26.8 Miles Walked: 26.8 After all the elevation and exertion yesterday, it was great to get a good night’s sleep. I had setup my tent thinking it’d be too cold to cowboy camp at 8700 ft. Earplugs did the trick – I woke up at 0530. Slim had cowboy camped about 50 …
MM: 186.6 Trail Miles: 9.6 Miles Walked: 17.4 Even though I’d followed Doctor’s orders -taken an epsom salt bath and started the Doxy meds – it didn’t help my aching feet. I had a restless night and didn’t get much sleep. Regardless, Slim and I were up early and walking up the road to the …