Today will be a short 10 miles into Aqua Duelce/Hiker Heaven to get my resupply. The next resupply will be Tehachapi about 6days/112 miles away. We got into town about 11:00 and congregated at the grocery store. Some hikers don't send resupply boxes and choose instead to shop locally. Tunnel under Highway 14, probably 100yards … Continue reading Day 31, KOA to Hiker Heaven →

This is what lunchtime looks like at the North Fork Ranger Station mile 436.1. This ranger station had pop on ice and bottled water due to another long waterless area. I promised a picture of Miles to go and Flashgordan! Met up with them at the KOA before they got back on trail. It was … Continue reading Day 30, 425 to 444 Acton, CA KOA →

Today I was up early after last night's trail magic from Penguin and Griffin. Budlight, Flashgordan and I were on trail by 5:30am due to hot weather and a climb. By about 10:30 we reached the Mill Creek Fire Station at mile 418.5. The only reliable shade was the Ranger Building or the Toilet Building. … Continue reading Day 29, Sulfur Springs Camp 406.4 to 425 →

Today started with a 4 mile road walk detour due to an endangered Mountain Yellow Frog. Yay 400 miles down and closer to seeing you❤️. I hiked along with the group again today. Also, Penguin has a friend Griffin that is bringing some Trail Magic from LA to Sulfur Springs Camp this evening! Thank you … Continue reading Day 28, 389 to Sulfur Springs Camp 406.6 →

Last night I camped alone at the Grassy Hollow Visitor Center. This looks more like a day use picnic area and has a large building that might be rentable. There were only two other hikers in the whole facility of probably 50 sites, this may have been the best nights sleep since starting. Today was … Continue reading Day 27, Grassy Hollow Visitor Center to 389 →

This morning was the 2.5mile decent into Wrightwood via Acorn Trail. First stop is the Grizzly Cafe, yes another Grizzly Cafe like in Big Bear but not related. Yeah I know it's a picture of food, but it's beautiful haha. Plus, I got to see Miles to Go and Flashgordan. I'd last seen and met … Continue reading Day 26, Wrightwood Resupply to Grassy Hollow Visitor Center 370.4 →

Today I was up at 4:30am and walking by 5:00 (by moonlight as my headlamp batteries were low) due to a 5200ft climb over 20miles plus a 2.5 mile side trail down 2300ft into Wrightwood to resupply. It was going to be ambitious for sure. It may be difficult to tell from this picture but … Continue reading Day 25, Cajon Pass to Acorn Trail 363.4 →

Rain is better than snow I guess, all night long it came. About midnight I realized I setup camp on a sand dune of the creek. What can I say I was tired. I recall seeing a flood warning now in one of the forecasts but I was ok. However, I did have 3 rocks … Continue reading Day 23, Deep Creek Bridge 298.5 to Grass Valley Creek 317.9 →

Yay a morning without condensation! Everyone was up and on trail within a half hour or so of each other. A long day ahead but civilization,aka McDonald's on the horizon. The first major lake (Silverwood) visible from the trail that wasn't mostly evaporated. The picnic area was our noon rest stop. As we were packing … Continue reading Day 24, Grass Valley Creek 317.9 to Cajon Pass 343.6 →

At about 1:00am the weather man was right, freezing rain/snow started. I had all my layers on except for my wind pants and I was toasty all night. The frustrating thing now is packing up a wet tent and my quilt was also wet with condensation. There's nothing to be done but hope for a … Continue reading Day 22, Caribou Creek 275 to Deep Creek Bridge 298.5 →