Year: 2018

Today the desert kicked my ass. Really, really leveled me. It was brutal. Like most days, it started out pretty fine. We slept in because last night was a late one and so we started hiking around 0730. Not ideal Read More …

Big, big day. So many things happened and I took so many photo’s that I this might end up becoming a very long entry. You’ve been warned. I got up and was the first one to be ready. Quickly hopped Read More …

Okay, so we didn’t make 0500. We were hiking by 0530 though, the earliest yet. I didn’t sleep very well. Camped on a very slanted spot, and with my tent poorly pitched such that the tarp was flapping heavily in Read More …

All of us slept very well in the magical forest. When we took another stroll through it today we agreed that we’d found a beautiful spot to camp. I walked down the garden and joined the other hikers for a Read More …

Because we expected to bypass the forest-fire closed miles for today, we tried to sleep in. Look how cozy we all are inside the big half-dome-tent. The sun rose and we got ready to get some breakfast in town. One Read More …