0 Miles Started the day by heading towards the outfitters. Ran into Jim, Pricepoint, Honeybear, and Candy Corn eating on the bakery patio. After picking up some things at the outfitter, we circled back to the bakery to get breakfast sandwiches, lunch sandwiches, a donut, and a cinnamon roll. We took it all to the…More

0 (+8) Miles (Kearsarge Pass) We were last to leave camp, but it was chilly so we were fine to stay in the warmth of our quilts a little longer. Great views the whole day, which seems like it will be the case for this entire section. It’s incredibly beautiful. The climb out to our…More

17 Miles (Forester Pass) Got some good sleep next to the creek. Mosquitos don’t care if you’re crapping, they will bite anytime. Not fun. However, the rest of the day was. We climbed a bunch, but the views were always worth it. Ran into Pricepoint, Honeybear, and Jim at the water source, which was also…More

4 (+16) Miles (Mt. Whitney) Woke up a couple times around midnight from groups of hikers walking by the tent. They were headed up to catch sunrise from the summit. We got up around 3, trying to be quiet since there were a bunch of other hikers around and they weren’t planning to leave until…More

17 Miles Although somewhat awake already, the weekenders woke up the rest of camp by yelling, “Everybody, there’s hot water!”. I’m glad their group had water for coffee, but I would have rather had another hour of silence. The lake was nice for having water in the morning, and for doing some rinsing of clothes.…More

18 Miles Another casual morning and sleeping in until 7. On trail at 8:15, we passed Shade, Studio 54, Lego, and one other hiker in their group. Took a break around 9:30 after we finished the first short climb of the day. Excellent views and comfortable weather. I could get used to this. Downhill to…More

17 Miles The night was cold, and left a thin layer of frost on our bear cans. We got up slowly knowing we wouldn’t have to rush to beat the heat. We made our way down to the bridge where we could get water. There we saw Shade, Studio 54, Maverick, and a few other…More

13 Miles We got around in the morning and eventually made the drive up to Triple Crown Outfitters around 9:45. Before we left Melania, offered us a ride for when we get to our next resupply stop. A huge favor to ask of anyone, but she seemed up for it. That will be a huge…More

It was a quick and easy 5 mile hike to the road where we could try to hitch into town so we had a little bit of a lazy morning. The miles went by fast as we walked around the ski resort and before we knew it we were at the road with three other…More

0 Miles Our second zero with mom was spent eating and relaxing. Slept in, ate cinnamon rolls for breakfast, potato tacos for lunch, and pizza for dinner. Melania got us a large bin for us to wash some of the grime and smell off of our backpacks. I walked with mom back to the post…More

0 Miles Mom pampered us with laundry, home-cooked meals, and all sorts of recovery. Normatec sessions, ice baths, a foam roller, epsom salt foot baths. Living large! Picked up the bounce box and our REI shipment at the post office (we now have new shoes, replacement tent stakes, and new pants for me). Chatted a…More

We got out of camp a little later than normal but not very late. It was going to be a hot day so we wanted to get some miles done before taking a lunch break. As we were hiking we passed a tent that looks just like ours and wondered if it was pricepoint and…More

Up a little bit early to pack everything up and head over to the diner for breakfast again. There were some people all dressed up in there western best for the Memorial Day dancing party at the VFW. One of the old guys stared at the side of my head until he finally loudly told…More

Trying to sleep in on our first zero almost never works out for me so of course I was awake a little before 7. We definitely stayed lounging in bed until around 9:30 though. Finally getting around to breakfast at the local diner where I drank way too much coffee as usual. We had already…More

Only 17 miles to go today and thank goodness because everyone was overtired and hot first thing. Sleep wasn’t great again because of the wind. We filtered some water from the tiny stream and headed out to climb through he hot desert again. I was carrying a lot of water because I knew it was…More

Alarms going off at 2:30am and I am not ready to be awake yet. Very little sleep in a hot room does not make me excited to hike but we get up and get ready to go. I went to the bathroom before we rolled out and there was no TP and a giant roach…More

Up early again to try to beat the heat of the day for the rest of our road walk around the fire closure. There were 8 of us hikers that were sticking together for this road section this morning. We don’t typically hike with a group so this was a fun change. A girl in…More

We woke up around 5:30 to the sounds of the other hikers getting ready to hike and chatting loudly. I had to pee but we were surrounded by people so it was a little dicey finding a place that was hidden enough amongst the waist high bushes. I did find a place and then we…More

We had a short day planned so there was no rush to get up early. I peeked out of the tent to find we were above the clouds, it looked really neat. We had dry camped so our first stop was the piped spring a mile from camp. We each only grabbed a liter because…More

We left the KOA as early as we could manage so we could get to Agua Dulce for lunch at the Mexican restaurant. There were lots of hikers just hanging around being loud at 6:30am. I’m sure all the people camping there who aren’t hikers were thrilled. As we got back to the trail and…More