by Minstrel | May 21, 2023 | Southern California, Zero days
Kennedy Meadows. Gateway to the Sierra. There’s so much to do. Today will be about chores, eating, and starting to put together our group for the Sierra. I slept well; the bed in the yurt was comfortable. We got an absurdly large pancake with some eggs for breakfast....
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 | Apr 19, 2023 | Southern California, Trail, Zero days
People I met So, so many locals Piñacolada Sinead Mantis Journeyman Max Queenie The day Today is what I needed. I got sunburnt all over, including the top of my forehead (that’s been neglected of sun because of my hat!). My shoulders got the brunt of it, though, as...
by Minstrel | Apr 7, 2023 | Southern California, Trail, Zero days
Start point Spitler Peak Trail/PCT junction, mile 168.6 End point Idyllwild, CA Miles hiked 4.7 Wilderness area San Bernardino National Forest People I met Scott and his parents San Jac Jon! The day on trail Off. The. Mountain. We got up around 6:30am and started...
by Minstrel | Apr 4, 2023 | Southern California, Zero days
I suck at sleeping when I’m sharing a room. Boo. Oh well. Today was all about strategy. I met with Bottlecap, Shark, Half Pint, and Pat about our strategy for tackling Mt San Jacinto. It comes down to we’re going to go as far as we feel safe, then bail if we need to....
