by Minstrel | May 20, 2023 | Southern California, Trail
Start point Tentsite at 698.2 End point Kennedy Meadows South, mile 703.4 Miles hiked 5.2 Wilderness area Domeland Wilderness Sequoia National Forest People I met Way too many to journal about The day on trail This is it. The official end of the desert. The landmark...
by Minstrel | May 19, 2023 | Southern California, Trail
START POINT Fox Mill Spring, mile 684.3 END POINT 698.1 MILES HIKED 13.8 WILDERNESS AREA Domeland Wilderness Chimney Peak Wilderness THE DAY ON TRAIL It’s a shorter day. We want to roll into Kennedy Meadows South (KMS) tomorrow, together, so we camped only a couple...
by Minstrel | May 18, 2023 | Southern California, Trail
Start point Tentsite at mile 666.3 End point Fox Mill Spring, mile 684.3 Miles hiked 18 Wilderness area Owens Peak Wilderness Chimney Peak Wilderness The day on trail It’s really exciting to have Walker Pass behind us. We’re making excellent progress toward the Sierra...
by Minstrel | May 17, 2023 | Southern California, Trail
Start point Walker Pass, mile 653.3 End point Tentsite at mile 666.3 Miles hiked Lucky 13 Wilderness area Owen’s Peak Wilderness People I met Sunshine Moe Stay Gold and two others Karate Kid The day on trail I’m really glad I skipped ahead a bit. It ended up being 85...
by Minstrel | May 16, 2023 | Southern California, Trail
Start point Willow Springs Road: mile 558.5 End point Highway 58 Overpass, mile 566.5 Miles hiked 8 Wilderness area Angeles National Forest Cameron Canyon People I met Moon and Tie Dye Monica and Carl Stats, Joe, Prometheus, By The Way The day on trail Today’s the...
by Minstrel | May 15, 2023 | Zero days
Day 50 Today is hard. Doctor and I dropped Sunrise and Piñacolada off at the trail. We ran some errands while we still had the rental car. Since the local Enterprise is closed on the weekends, a Friday rental is actually a Friday-Monday rental. But it was nice to have...
by Minstrel | May 5, 2023 | Southern California, Zero days
Today. Was. Epic. We started off by getting a ride to Enterprise to get the car. They’re super disorganized and didn’t have my contract ready to go. They ended up putting the car under someone else’s name and adding me as an authorized driver. But whatever, we had...
by Minstrel | May 4, 2023 | Southern California, Trail
Start point Tentsite at mile 553.3 End point Willow Springs Road: mile 558.5 Miles hiked 5.2 Wilderness area Oak Creek The day on trail It’s going to be a shorter day, thank goodness. And I’m not going to make it to the freeway. There’s a road called Willow Springs...
by Minstrel | May 3, 2023 | Southern California, Trail
Start point Mile 532.1 End point Mile 553.3 Miles hiked 21.2 Wilderness area Angeles National Forest The day on trail This morning was great. There was a tiny bit of condensation on our bags, but no frost. The sun came out and dried everything up before we took off....
by Minstrel | May 2, 2023 | Southern California, Trail
Start point Horse Trail Camp, mile 508.1 End point Mile 532.1 Miles hiked 24 Wilderness area Angeles National Forest Liebre Mountain People I met Strider Caryn The day on trail Today is a monumental day! Not only are we planning to night hike the Los Angeles aqueduct,...
