Day 8: Mile 64 to Scissors Crossing

Start point Mile 63.7 creek and dirt road crossing End point Scissors Crossing, mile 77 Miles hiked 13.3 Wilderness area Anza Borrego State Park People I met Cally and Graeme (Canada somewhere) Michelle and Hugh (Vancouver) Janet and Michael (Texas) Jonas (Norway)...

Day 7: Oriflamme Creek to Mile 64

Start point Oriflamme Creek, mile 56 End point Dirt road intersection at mile 63.7 Miles hiked 7.8 miles Wilderness area Anza Borrego State Park People I met Superbloom The day on trail  Cutesy crap on Snapchat I can’t be mad waking up to that. Though I almost was....

Day 6: Burnt Rancheria to Oriflamme Creek

Start point Burnt Rancheria End point 1 mile NOBO of Oriflamme Creek, trail mile 56 Miles hiked 14.5 Wilderness area Cleveland National Forest, Anza Borrego State Park The day on trail Hi it’s your favorite singsong trail hiking dingdong and I did the bravest thing...

Day 5: Cibbets Flat to Burnt Rancheria

Start point Cibbets Flat End point Burnt Rancheria (a tiny house hostel 1/2 mile from Burnt Rancheria) trail mile 41.5 Miles hiked 10.9 trail miles, 1.3 off trail. Wilderness area Cleveland National Forest People I met Larry and Scott Kendall The day on trail Last...

Day 4: Zero at Cibbets Flat

Zero at Cibbets Flat Today was actually fun! Roberta and I ran to her home outside San Diego to grab some stuff that was delivered for me. We grabbed some burritos for breakfast, some more beer for the other hikers and us, and headed back. It was drizzly mostly all...

Day 3: Boulder Oaks to Cibbets Flat

Start point Boulder Oaks Campground End point Cibbets Flat Campground, mile 32.6 Miles hiked 7.1 on trail, 0.7 off Wilderness area Cleveland National Forest People I met Mao and Freebird The day on trail I love an easy hiking day. 7 miles and change total. Start early...