April 27th, 2016 Zero Day We decided it was best to spend another day in Julian to recover before starting again. Not hiking any miles is a called a “zero day” in hiker lingo. There is also another wind advisory today into tomorrow, with gusts up to 50 mph again on the desert mountain slopes […]
April 26th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 18 Total Miles: 77 Start Location: Sunrise Trail Outhouse End Location: Scizzors Crossing at mile 77, then Hitch to the town of Julian We woke up inside a cold outhouse. The wind howled all night long as it battered the landscape. We were so glad to be inside an enclosed
April 25th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 17.5 Total Miles: 59 Start Location: Burnt Rancheria Campground End Location: Outhouse near Sunrise Trail End Location GPS: 32.97753, -116.52418 The word of the day was WIND. All day long. Non stop. There was a severe weather warning for the area for high winds exceeding 35 MPH with 50 MPH
April 24th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 11.5 Total Miles: 41.5 Starting Location: Yellow Rose Spring End Location: Burnt Rancheria Camp Ground End Location GPS: 32.85939, -116.41783 Views continue to be impressive. Carolyn is going through the pains of getting her trail legs, so we stopped short of target. Picked up our resupply box at the general
April 23rd, 2016 Miles Hiked: 14.6 Total Miles: 30 Start Location: Hauser Creek End Location: Yellow Rose Spring End Location GPS: 32.75310, -116.45175 Good second day overall. Initial impressions are quite good. The trail is easy to follow and well graded, and the scenery is truly miraculous. It’s more like a desert forest, with trees
April 22nd, 2016 Daily Miles: 15.4 Total Miles: 15.4 Start: Southern Terminus End: Hauser Creek End GPS: 32.62023, -116.59567 Finally hit the trail today, and it feels good to be out here. Got up early for a 5:30 AM breakfast at Scout and Frodos and then hopped into volunteer Tims SUV and drove out to
April 21st, 2016 The flights went a little better this time around, minus the one hour we spent sitting on the plane before it took off due to a mechanical issue (not something you want to hear). We arrived in San Diego unscathed and sat outside for our ride. Around 3 PM Frodo drove up
April 20th, 2016 The day started out good enough. We slept in, had a good breakfast, and then slowly started getting our things ready for a 4:45 PM flight out of Bradley International in Hartford, CT to San Diego via a connection in New Jersey. We had a great lunch on our way to the
April 15th, 2016 Tonight was our last night in Perrysburg. We got all our things situated and packed. Boxes and taken apart furniture now lay scattered around the apartment like the guts of a piñata that had recently been destroyed by Barry Bonds. The night was warm and clear so we took out our bikes