Month: June 2016

We woke up this morning to a brisk temperature of 24 degrees at 0615. This did not motivate us to move out of our cozy sleeping bags, so we stayed in a for a while. When we finally were about ready to go, we met Bill from REI and Don. They camped near us but […]

On the trail again, ain’t it good to be on the trail again. But first….. After a pretty good, if not cool nights sleep,  we woke up in an attempt to get an early start on our hiking day. We were out of the lodge by 0730. We walked a mile up old Highway 40 […]

This morning when we woke up it was raining and the temperature was 34°. We stayed snug and dry in our tiny tent. I think I will start a show that is called tiny tents. Maybe it will become a movement like the tiny houses.  By the looks around me I don’t think the Californians […]

Before I start, a couple of things. We have very limited technology available at this time. So excuse the possible spellcheck from my voice translation into this document. And since we have no computers, I have no way of downloading the pictures from my camera so those will have to wait. Sorry for the inconvenience. Now […]

Well almost!  Due to bad snow conditions we have decided to bike path and road walk to Donner Pass. Today was our first day and we walked 11.4 miles. I got a blister on my foot Carol has none so she’s winning. The day was actually very nice no rain like was forecasted and a […]

We left Sparks Nevada this morning and headed towards Tahoe to check out the trail and conditions. Near Donner pass we stopped at the ranger station and asked about the snow and trail conditions. A Ranger told us where to expect snow and that one area had a lot of exposure  with a steep slope […]

Well, we made a decision to continue our Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) hike of 2014. We are starting at Echo Lake, just west of Tahoe, where we left off two years ago. A friend from that hike contacted us and put a bug in our ear about doing roughly 300 miles. However his 300 miles […]