July 27th, 2016 Zero Day in Shasta  Legend holds that mystical giants called Lumarians live within Mt. Shasta. They hail from the lost continent of Lumaria. They have constructed tunnels within the mountain and are an advanced civilization of 7 foot tall creatures, sometimes seen roaming the mountain slopes in white robes. Real people believe […]

July 26th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 16 Start Location: Mile 1483 End Location: Mile 1499 End Location GPS: 41.16261, -122.29725 We woke up early (4:30) and hiked out to Interstate 5 by noon to beat the worst of the heat. During our descent into town we encountered some logging activity very close to the trail. It

July 25th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 22 Start Location: Mile 1461 End Location: Milrs 1483 End Location GPS: 41.13659, -122.17903 Another incredibly hot day, near 100. The shade offers limited protection at this point. Even the deep shade. This is the shade way down in the forest where no light gets to and where mushrooms grow.

July 24th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 27 Start Location: Mile 1434 End Location: Mile 1461 End Location GPS: 41.12680, -122.00214 An unplanned longest day yet. Carolyn’s foot seems to be at a maneagable level but still isn’t quite right. She says it feels like a paper cut sometimes and sometimes like a piece of glass is

July 23rd, 2016 Miles Hiked: 18 Start Location: Mile 1416 End Location: Mile 1434 End Location GPS: 42.10168, -121.78822 Low mileage day on account of Carolyn’s foot. We stopped early to let it rest. Hopefully it will be better tommorrow.  It was very hot today, like one of those Excelsior hand driers was blowing on

July 22nd, 2016 Miles Hiked: 10 Start Location: 1406 End Location: 1416 End Location GPS: 41.00650, -121.64427 We woke up early and headed 3 miles to the road to hitch into Burny. Once there we decided to grab some breakfast at a close by diner before going to the grocery store, to prevent buying up

July 21st, 2016 Miles Hiked: 24 Start Location: Mile 1382 End Location: Mike 1406 End Location GPS: 40.94510, -121.54641 Interesting and hot day traversing the rest of Hat Creek Rim. We could see Mount Shasta most of the day. Apparently it is the second highest mountain in the Cascade Range (Ranier is the tallest) and

July 20th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 19 Start Location: Mile 1363 End Location: Mile 1382 End Location GPS: 40.75240, -121.40661 We didn’t have any trees fall on us last night so we started the day ahead of the game (we camped in a semi burn area- not recommended). The terrain was very easy as we made

July 19th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 25 Start Location: Mile 1338 End Location: Mile 1363 End Location GPS: 40.56309, -121.44291 Today we entered Lassen Volcanic National Park. There were a few interesting thermal features including a geyser which was just steam comming out of a big hole in the ground and a larger geothermal lake that

July 18th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 9 Start Location: Mile 1329 End Location: Mile 1338 End Location GPS: 40.35156, -121.35097 We both had a miraculous nights sleep in the soft and plush King sized bed. We went out to breakfast  and then resupplied at the grocery store and were back on trail around noon.  I think