http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes daily 0.75 2017-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1460864231064-5RSVYXWPLR1CT1JZ5YL9/pct-blog-banner-2500px.jpg Trail Notes http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/epilogue monthly 0.5 2017-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1495801252748-7FS7YN74FLAFS0O479ZC/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Epilogue Morning view from our campsite (with interstate traffic in the background...) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1495801352990-LGKC4G2BS6U5LJ293DRE/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Epilogue A little bit of color in an otherwise-scorching desert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1495801445192-UL30LAFIOIVO850Q6NWU/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Epilogue Stopping to enjoy the view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1495801500545-PBU78SBQJYQ6SOEYRG20/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Epilogue The crew http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-113-day-120 monthly 0.5 2016-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472998123839-57XL81ZVWOX8OSEQW35S/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) Canada, oh Canada!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472994674548-IO6PMJEQC4QI4HEDLJF0/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) Impromptu bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472962917812-FS66WKCGICFFMHI738LC/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) ...early afternoon...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472963650564-WSQ4RV11D0BKYX0ES1TD/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) A (deep blue) Mica Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472994152286-7HZYYK2NTT6FW62N9RR7/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) Sometimes the trees are small...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472994092998-X9HIA305V7C6HC6YL1EJ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) Fog in the valley, clouds above the mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472994531687-OY2L8ILPRZQAM9GFG0PP/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) I'm no expert, but I think the trail goes that way https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472995317896-UL9RTE8GXLHRSX0QPYVK/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) Rugged mountains to the northeast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472962972817-XBW2TTWMN6531SRQI0W8/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) ...and late afternoon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472962808589-BU563DXBQ4IKZ5NPRX6R/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) Glacier Peak - getting closer one step at a time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472995261082-9HHD8IU9JP5M7G1Q750L/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) Looking back south https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472962549590-QHEG7NG7ZCUVJE8SGE4X/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) Climbing out of Stevens Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472963578805-TCYEIOAX17TIFKKN1PBZ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) The trail had a hard time keeping it together https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472998283071-WQ3M0NRQ1QY0D5B83CXD/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) 2,658 miles. Zero bears.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472962994242-HHVGB5TX4ZK7FDMPX7I1/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) We'll be seeing more of those tomorrow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472994379983-YHDG7R0MSO65IVF3WH69/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) Oh, there's Glacier Peak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472994999467-OASU08OPMBC6WZL0EYUD/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) ...until I dug a little deeper   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472994707897-ZJXPDVYILN70UENV942C/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472963525359-S9ZWT9PSYLD0V3BG8BS5/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) Welp, so much for those views I was bragging about https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472995383621-OV02AGG7SJE2TKFSB8YB/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) It's the final countdown!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472998477664-7F16PI4DOGUXAQ1XVY0T/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) First hundred and last hundred https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472994474063-VV14GPQJBPZ3Q8QD2EV8/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) A glimpse through the trees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472994857200-VX66VOP3TLW58D41NJEM/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) The last resupply box, with the tastiest snacks packed on top...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472998180793-UYRABE4KFJPEIQ2U6ITK/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) Ta-da!!!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472962888257-07II9YKNETSO6M0ACQYB/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) Mountains in the morning...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472962611984-GU0S46VS5N8M217JZGGV/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) View from tonight's dinner table https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472995757054-ODI72V6D70EPCZUUQ7Z0/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) Trees, fog, and rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472963472192-WN2DTG93SPU7PYOP1H6C/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) Interesting choice of bridge construction...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472995886282-4DQ2315EB09QZ67WQWBJ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) Mountains mountains everywhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472995286870-7OBPG72FW1OT3H9KB4WR/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) Glad there was a bridge across this river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472963364059-5DTEWCTVR9PDU206HC1Q/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) Finally getting some rays of light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472995360720-SANHYDJJQLLCJ2OSE8NS/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) Not as green as it once was https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472996050630-LUW515A0KEG4G88ZLK0G/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) One last morning on the trail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472963327439-AFRVU2VOFNBC31DNRDNX/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) Mountains as far as the eye can see https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472995789616-5239BC46NBHMPTIFCHKJ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) Part of this morning's trail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472994229067-A7NE920WUFFW7TXILWRJ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) ...and sometimes they are big!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472963428940-Q9QANTCLV11TGKQNH6JB/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) Glacier Peak, with its crown of clouds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472995707735-ECR0IOAKU7IV15LS67DR/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) First light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472993945922-ERDX15VK99UUA4BVQ7V9/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) And the sun rising to the "north"  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472995851387-4IO0AW59U4EZT5OH2Z47/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) Holy sh*t. 35 miles to go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472998227956-EEZZKKFWKXJG57J3L8RH/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 113.5 - Day 120 (mile 2461.6 - mile 2658.8) Canadian whiskey seems like an appropriate celebratory beverage http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-110-day-113 monthly 0.5 2016-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472152222479-1RYGR7ID7JZUAJC0CT65/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 110 - Day 113.5 (mile 2390.6 - mile 2461.6) Eyes on the trail, Garrett https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472152023019-X69TQCDJNCIHMBVGM5U1/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 110 - Day 113.5 (mile 2390.6 - mile 2461.6) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472152578480-NYOEKLFZ3VR46U4VQZFY/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 110 - Day 113.5 (mile 2390.6 - mile 2461.6) These mountains are pretty cool!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472152847838-7T5I0BENSXS5FLLF9NEE/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 110 - Day 113.5 (mile 2390.6 - mile 2461.6) Morning sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472151914061-15UOSH8DE7U9GJEOB6KG/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 110 - Day 113.5 (mile 2390.6 - mile 2461.6) Yep, the trail goes through all of that https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472152105674-2K78H8AUL7XDHU95ZW5X/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 110 - Day 113.5 (mile 2390.6 - mile 2461.6) No clouds today!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472152149428-EIU6AQV2Y8V91DLQ3QI5/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 110 - Day 113.5 (mile 2390.6 - mile 2461.6) I love listening to the sound of crashing water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472152453735-74AWQFMA8ZU0MRW6N5QD/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 110 - Day 113.5 (mile 2390.6 - mile 2461.6) Deep Lake, once I finished the morning climb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472151730896-XP83SDS10ELSZ3EF7N51/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 110 - Day 113.5 (mile 2390.6 - mile 2461.6) Clouds are finally starting to break   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472152504552-UBISCX5ZMJIRV7IPIC44/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 110 - Day 113.5 (mile 2390.6 - mile 2461.6) Still snowy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472152251466-997G01NH31OY4BP2WCQT/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 110 - Day 113.5 (mile 2390.6 - mile 2461.6) Lunch and a lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472152683908-F52B0Q7ZC3G2PEXHRVCC/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 110 - Day 113.5 (mile 2390.6 - mile 2461.6) I think that is Glacier Peak way in the distance. I think...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472152542043-P6ZIV2O99NHACPEZTDD0/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 110 - Day 113.5 (mile 2390.6 - mile 2461.6) Deception Lake (not sure what was so deceptive about it...)  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472152186730-7MXZGQEBB8XQ5YXFV3KZ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 110 - Day 113.5 (mile 2390.6 - mile 2461.6) Well, this was the trail...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472151674135-U6KKKAKM1P8LNRKMGH7Q/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 110 - Day 113.5 (mile 2390.6 - mile 2461.6) I would like to say I stealthily snuck up on this guy. But really I just walked right up to him https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1472151863966-2VJUGP133NU6ZZP1BEUS/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 110 - Day 113.5 (mile 2390.6 - mile 2461.6) Woo hoo!  http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-106-day-109 monthly 0.5 2016-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471890982870-ZMVM0VBPF686TLNX8D64/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 106 - Day 109 (mile 2292.4 - mile 2390.6) Another century down...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471891432638-G7M0L1R03W2OPG1JTH0W/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 106 - Day 109 (mile 2292.4 - mile 2390.6) Walking late enough to catch a sunset https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471891901487-DD0VVQF0DOUVJ13LMQNX/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 106 - Day 109 (mile 2292.4 - mile 2390.6) Green trail this morning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471891611610-UYK67OYV06JF9UW2169O/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 106 - Day 109 (mile 2292.4 - mile 2390.6) Hmmm... That doesn't look fun   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471892048741-W50YJNTX5GDQE05TTZAZ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 106 - Day 109 (mile 2292.4 - mile 2390.6) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471891052963-UKSNIK7KZUAH6S7LXSZ6/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 106 - Day 109 (mile 2292.4 - mile 2390.6) Trail crossing green hillsides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471891026484-CWPVG3ZBSBT1H0RZDHJ3/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 106 - Day 109 (mile 2292.4 - mile 2390.6) Still there...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471891579557-BEVV1H77WNO4JVOUQGAC/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 106 - Day 109 (mile 2292.4 - mile 2390.6) Rainier shrinking...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471891683757-B8SA0RTOGC5SQ3OXR41D/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 106 - Day 109 (mile 2292.4 - mile 2390.6) People aren't the only ones eating berries. This is bear shit in the middle of the trail. I think they need to chew their food better https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471891644015-6H4NGFQTZBFW7H9J0V1Z/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 106 - Day 109 (mile 2292.4 - mile 2390.6) Really testing my digestive system with these...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471891761482-U19QNSJ6PZL6IPFO23L8/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 106 - Day 109 (mile 2292.4 - mile 2390.6) Things are about to get more rugged... That skyline to the north is pretty jagged https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471891212909-9M08Z3U03GQ3B7T90A1K/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 106 - Day 109 (mile 2292.4 - mile 2390.6) I think the trail goes that way https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471891267310-SAIZ88VJS1U3L301U6L3/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 106 - Day 109 (mile 2292.4 - mile 2390.6) No snow, but still pretty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471891931032-UT5V2P3S175VH8E64KB1/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 106 - Day 109 (mile 2292.4 - mile 2390.6) Salmonberries (the first of many berries I would eat today)  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471891977136-1OVEHKMJDA64IMV6MXWG/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 106 - Day 109 (mile 2292.4 - mile 2390.6) Those are going to be fun to climb... But first, town!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471890953616-L9B5VMY7SDPMJ0QNC492/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 106 - Day 109 (mile 2292.4 - mile 2390.6) Trail sign says it all https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471891162957-0YFL6QGT006ER6MSBJU0/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 106 - Day 109 (mile 2292.4 - mile 2390.6) Not sure how many bees are in this picture...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471891488197-SGIX90F9WNDRVO97E6IQ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 106 - Day 109 (mile 2292.4 - mile 2390.6) Rainier was hiding again...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471892023792-VZEU8MZKIEOTBNNPEV6B/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 106 - Day 109 (mile 2292.4 - mile 2390.6) Snoqualmie Falls http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-100-day-105 monthly 0.5 2016-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471627388937-XKLLSCVOZ3V22B03UPXO/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Now the sun is in the east https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471625143901-SVOJAXAFV6T5D50RJK3G/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Playing chicken with the cars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471627111010-F5W9EK4VIJWUVODJC2D0/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Mount Rainier   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471625410075-HTU9G10628YEBBNQQV7Y/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Mt. Hood shrinking in the distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471625198059-RZV1SDPQ9L4ZKVMTXELF/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) C'mon, the PCT doesn't get its own bridge over this?!?  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471626530225-WSB75QV9JF585WY416TO/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471627142930-2566Q3862G71NGRYKY6P/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Mount Adams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471627615898-C14EK6RTE0MT7MS430UQ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Deep reds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471625351202-74CJI9JJDT99W9UKOYNN/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Animal walking through the trees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471627259995-HNKP8M5CO9OGR25FMXOO/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Late panorama https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471625812027-MWGF5KGTIRBN53GWG1BI/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Mt. Adams, teasing us through the trees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471627166966-84P5ZCKQTJWXZL40J24L/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Looking east https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471627035187-D35MNW1TONU4Y2IFVVLW/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Still on the PCT at this point   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471626417817-EW2VMNATL2A783N3YLXO/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Finally above the tree line!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471627754345-CEVTF0PRZF2HDF67YWCS/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Welcome to White Pass!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471626549246-ZKQ2THF1W3EQ85QIQGXJ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Not a bad water source https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471626372822-8NBE0MTGV8CYQDX855VP/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Looking back at Adams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471627541816-VM8C1TI2V7R9MP4M3W84/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) ...and Mount Rainier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471625463560-IYYL439VYMCSXSRF378G/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) More clear-cut area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471626462936-FU81XDVSY0QWULWVATHH/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) These Dr. Seuss-looking plants were everywhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471627084705-KIU5E538N5NM5OCHZNE9/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Tonight's accommodations   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471625248598-YPSAHVA0MNF0J6JJ3KXD/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Numbers keep getting smaller...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471627657833-A0MSXOWPLXI1I40AFJP6/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Now I see why they call it Old Snowy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471625758711-4IJF9X19VVCOSZ60L45V/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Lunch's dessert (huckleberries)  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471626094656-H6XFSFAPXQ55HM2V4BM5/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Mount Rainier, getting closer!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471625615872-C9MDZDOUAQBXYP64GICV/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Corny snail joke of the day: I used to have a racing snail. I took its shell off hoping to make it faster. But it only became more sluggish.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471627717548-4FNN9D8O16AWHD3QXYH3/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Cruise control https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471626052127-TBB7L1T2JETM9HFA1EXT/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Not a spider web you want to walk through...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471627221764-G8PZURS97JHD5YP0VCPC/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Early panorama https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471626205756-1JGSR0F9OQ0KZ2P1E0E2/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Not a bad view   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471627471375-VXC54H5PV2XG37ACDDQ6/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Morning glow over Mount Saint Helens... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471626156092-K3OD2ALSE2NVKMP0ESHR/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) On the slopes of Mt. Adams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471625087273-4CXYG9FE6H8F0N2N0NMS/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Necessary? Probably not. Delicious? Absolutely https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471625713523-G0TD8KTZ0N5T761QAUSO/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Mt. Hood, still hanging out back there https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471626226370-9ZR56FYVO9LDKCHO55HQ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 100 - Day 105 (mile 2144.4 - mile 2292.4) Mount Saint Hellens in the hazy distance http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-95-day-99 monthly 0.5 2016-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471021533996-RTLEHBAME1SDHC6QJOZ5/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) Mt. Hood (from my "alternate" trail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471019767751-9SGRTPPDRQ80PCXUP4JD/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) The colors of Three Fingered Jack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471022111672-LHBYLZZE9S66CPE3CPUU/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) And Mt. Adams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471022158920-6RE9HSJE6WTALSKA3IH0/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) The top half of Tunnel Falls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471020199995-L0B89Y4JQMK9RZTVIDRG/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) The greens of Jefferson Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471021302851-X080GICIXIQ484PVIK2G/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) Timberline Lodge, with Mount Jefferson poking out of the fog   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471019711950-D23QWBSETT67VFT80HIW/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) 2000!!!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471021432360-O53CWJEULAA4IRIN35J6/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) Cool, green hillsides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471020775380-AHQGGMVEK5UD2ZEKW1IF/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) Hiking through the mist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471019864323-KZROUOPM0D8QVZGDLIB0/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) Clouds rollin' in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471021634307-DR2L21PL7XGIP1WINK93/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) Ramona Falls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471019825184-QXN22D2IFTJ5UA7OV4QI/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) There is supposed to be a mountain there...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471022255609-N2ZCQJCX2KUABOGMBSED/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) The tunnel behind the falls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471021498998-OZEYOU3GNXZBBYSVT4MB/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) Mount Jefferson once the fog (and my eyelids) had lifted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471020345969-VX7SWROJ6FFRQYC876JC/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) Getting close and personal with the clouds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471020841427-VVOGNHCO6VNT2AG9Z9JU/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) There it is!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471020806157-V3IWZDOJGB1Y259MLEWB/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) Clouds still aren't cooperating https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471021582698-8TSJBIOMHN0QRG511B7O/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) Mt. Hood (from the actual trail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471020405889-YOSG7OS08LJL62FGJGY6/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) Beauty in the burns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471022192740-MHD9EMR8M47GAWCA1P18/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) Okay, don't wander off the trail here, Garrett https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471022001620-VS5JSUOAI6MKH6X3X7CM/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) North towards Mount Saint Helens and Ranier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471020879321-TQIAWULYKWKWXII7Y72S/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) There is a ski slope up there somewhere...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471020294128-UC72WKY29VE4A4DY14ZE/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) Overlooking Jefferson Park (and a shy Mount Jefferson)  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471020265886-X87UO41XI8BRG5U4OSIX/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) The reds of Jefferson Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1471021909069-P168PITTENOF3WJRSNI3/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 95 - Day 99 (mile 1998.6 - mile 2144.4) Looking back at Mt. Hood http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-90-day-94 monthly 0.5 2016-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470837120521-GQ5J6NWSA8JAY8QD54EZ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) ...but first we get to walk across this!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470836744316-FVFFKAOTSC3WTVWAR1DJ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) Another view of North Sister   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470836597948-1HJKU2Z2YG8O8NVP4ZD2/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) South Sister https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470835771745-6ILOLQ4YGIXHLZGXMXO9/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) Second morning snack: fold and eat!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470835714289-019FBKBLTDW67JRL7Y4G/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) Second morning snack:  scoop of peanut/almond butter, half bar of dark chocolate, flat bread/tortilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470837211380-RQ3MZ5ZE90DVOG668CDF/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) Out with the old, in with the new!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470835646536-1IQ5NN6SHACMNB5AMEOC/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) Morning Snack: fig bar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470835872171-GF2W5ZZEVCTSMJJ32J8U/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) Afternoon snack: homemade trail mix (chocolate chips, roasted almonds, raw cashews) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470835928889-GNOMMMKX4W78KJ2LS48A/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) Second afternoon snack: granola bar (homemade - note that the homemade bars don't travel very well, and they end up more like loose granola. They still taste just dandy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470835601632-T40IDNB9NEZHSV8DZZ9T/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) Breakfast: powdered coconut milk, granola, chocolate whey protein, chocolate chips (thank my mom for that last ingredient ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470837044828-UBYSGR7JABC2JWPD0Y9F/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) North Sister https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470836527994-SKAPT8QJFQMVDZRSQ06E/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) Middle Sister https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470836340364-B06253E748MI9L0M1YJG/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) Casual morning meadows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470801036078-QBS6UH3VM2S2RM4QCEW2/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) Lower Rosary Lake - home for tonight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470836033770-KSQA1HAOH48KWW6FFDH9/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) Dinner: dehydrated meal (typically some type of rice or pasta with healthy portions of beans and/or meat, and enough veggies to help you rationalize the choice) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470836384445-DOV4AJJOROEMM7QOJFIF/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) This was my face as well after my hopes of a hot breakfast were dashed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470836466060-RPYBTIOPE7PZHY8U9VMO/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) North Sister https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470837080136-4Q4FAGVS8JI9HYP3WDVB/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) Mt. Washington poking its head over the horizon...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470836621519-CG0YCVYNESLHKD4IJFXR/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) Little Sister! (and apparently stoned cat...)  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470836777684-Z0KVG06V831JJPEGFGC1/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) Mars? (with a few green plants)  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470800940641-NAYEKOWYP5TSFOJPTBEG/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) Odell Lake (home to Shelter Cove and other resorts)  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470835831382-CPOMIFY7XJJ7B2AJQNUC/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) Lunch: instant mashed potatoes topped with bacon bits, ~30mL olive oil, and some sort of spice (tapatio, taco sauce, etc.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470836969509-EWP0SO56V6UPUN7LZ5T2/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) My morning trail buddy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470837176391-Z4SF3Z4PECVUJBRNTA7L/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 90.5 - Day 94 (mile 1904.1 - mile 1998.6) The slopes of Mt. Washington http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-87-day-90 monthly 0.5 2016-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470172499876-IV1FCJ7ZD2KLP1OLURUP/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 87.5 - Day 90.5 (mile 1818.4 - mile 1904.1) Such blue water. Such blue sky.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470172798660-E6XYVZDXEKLXGKG88RA1/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 87.5 - Day 90.5 (mile 1818.4 - mile 1904.1) Diamond Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470172559072-N9635LHACSYLPAJDMEVQ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 87.5 - Day 90.5 (mile 1818.4 - mile 1904.1) A sign of things to come https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470172154611-ALX0JN4QN64GT4YU84WN/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 87.5 - Day 90.5 (mile 1818.4 - mile 1904.1) Wizard Island (the only pic I have without smoke) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470173742559-H7E67JMVUPGD5PSMH57C/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 87.5 - Day 90.5 (mile 1818.4 - mile 1904.1) Shelter Cove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470173365274-0NG90U2GADWKWGDIDHM3/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 87.5 - Day 90.5 (mile 1818.4 - mile 1904.1) The mossy trees do look pretty neat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470172434311-4Y70A1I8WR643S0WJ9T4/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 87.5 - Day 90.5 (mile 1818.4 - mile 1904.1) Let's just pretend those are "clouds"  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470173537494-ILB8LO0EQVT4XKEDRJQP/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 87.5 - Day 90.5 (mile 1818.4 - mile 1904.1) View from the dinner table https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470173651055-H2PYHP7EASYF25MGGYNZ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 87.5 - Day 90.5 (mile 1818.4 - mile 1904.1) Fog on the lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470173803679-PSXZXUL9HPELJBIXCHAG/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 87.5 - Day 90.5 (mile 1818.4 - mile 1904.1) Mama duck taking the kids out for a swim https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470173607149-F6HT1B20A8CLY8WVKF0M/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 87.5 - Day 90.5 (mile 1818.4 - mile 1904.1) The view from the table looks pretty good in the morning, too https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470173394092-7JWAZ1XBQ60YZ0929BDK/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 87.5 - Day 90.5 (mile 1818.4 - mile 1904.1) Dinner with the bugs   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470172204597-CUWMNNOHLHLRYB6JVZQD/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 87.5 - Day 90.5 (mile 1818.4 - mile 1904.1) Um, guys? I think the trail goes that direction...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470172970774-3AYPAFU1KS6WYOT7EVZH/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 87.5 - Day 90.5 (mile 1818.4 - mile 1904.1) Mt. Thielsen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470172314587-YW3BIIO5KQYRF2G9N9NZ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 87.5 - Day 90.5 (mile 1818.4 - mile 1904.1) Smoke be creepin' in...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470172718697-HVE35K3UT5GYIB3NJU1S/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 87.5 - Day 90.5 (mile 1818.4 - mile 1904.1) Looking south towards Crater Lake. It's amazing how much fires lay down at night (it was only 10% contained at this point)  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470173269362-N2SHM22DQVU5SU1PS99L/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 87.5 - Day 90.5 (mile 1818.4 - mile 1904.1) One of today's lakes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1470173015602-GO32MGXHJSI0JZV6Q9GS/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 87.5 - Day 90.5 (mile 1818.4 - mile 1904.1) So this means it's all downhill from here? That's how it works, right? http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-84-day-87 monthly 0.5 2016-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469925474432-H065SI8CLFLLZ4MH3TH6/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 84 - Day 87.5 (mile 1716.2 - mile 1818.4) Even with the lack of water, I found a patch to make a snow angel (don't judge me on the outcome)  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469925586078-5EZLHW7W4F3CP6ZSLXHG/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 84 - Day 87.5 (mile 1716.2 - mile 1818.4) I don't know what this face is... But we've come 1800 miles!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469924634921-CX92KZV4SOZ5P5DALMDF/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 84 - Day 87.5 (mile 1716.2 - mile 1818.4) The one decent picture I took of pilot rock. With guest appearance by my index finger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469925000375-LBE16HLJ37BG460QGSST/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 84 - Day 87.5 (mile 1716.2 - mile 1818.4) Sometimes the trail looks like this...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469925283849-TN2UUC70BZ58L5YIBLX0/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 84 - Day 87.5 (mile 1716.2 - mile 1818.4) Highway through the lava beds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469925664066-JDV1BCZ9H6ZKY3PBG2IY/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 84 - Day 87.5 (mile 1716.2 - mile 1818.4) Either the wind howls here, or these were some pretty wimpy trees...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469924546764-FABJDNHQLSO396DJO9XV/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 84 - Day 87.5 (mile 1716.2 - mile 1818.4) Token Shasta view!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469925564329-W5EP202T5YED68HULOKU/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 84 - Day 87.5 (mile 1716.2 - mile 1818.4) Looking south. We finally can't see Shasta!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469925814100-CA0WUNTQDIUJWMH0SHYU/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 84 - Day 87.5 (mile 1716.2 - mile 1818.4) National Park number five of the trip!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469925035668-09R0JPNDY1O97E5LE5IB/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 84 - Day 87.5 (mile 1716.2 - mile 1818.4) ...and sometimes it looks like this https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469925214434-UI0QPKJQP7I0ONTK8D13/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 84 - Day 87.5 (mile 1716.2 - mile 1818.4) I can't believe I'm saying this, but that snow on Mt. McLoughlin looks really good right now https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469925323712-F89UF3NJZVOWYECGL238/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 84 - Day 87.5 (mile 1716.2 - mile 1818.4) Up, and down, and up, and down...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469925108137-ORXH9370ZH0KOBCEI11V/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 84 - Day 87.5 (mile 1716.2 - mile 1818.4) Morning haze http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-76-day-83 monthly 0.5 2016-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469592711675-IWMH14X9WPQ2MII9XFW5/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) Black Marble Mountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469594387067-ZT2GFUANL2LEXVRA7HK3/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) Downtown Seiad Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469593873083-8ZPA4ZF6VNPX9VT3WBNA/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) Flowery trail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469591867217-HZP4W2WU5TUBDOSLBP4G/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) The deer weren't too concerned with me...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469594041466-RSN3PP1WDMFEH6JEXPKY/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) Another mile-stick!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469592406774-LI0O2T0955XFYEUIL16T/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) The view from my tent once I (finally) got going https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469592497210-5TEGDF7DADZWNC0GCRYW/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) Looking back towards the heart of The Marbles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469591836479-VUGGOY36FN8JXIQ7DC8A/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) More Shasta   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469593561582-2YKJH28I3JNTT6XG8TWV/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) Smoky haze is annoying during the day, but pretty at this time of night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469592543602-IARCTLWMXCGY3M4YNUUF/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) Damn hikers...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469593954733-V2NWI14231EHWW7QTFP9/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) Awwww yeah!!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469591780232-OG6D4QKJQJ2XIP3ILWF1/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) The trail goes over that?!?  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469593535281-MAG42PBF0X6FO1D8BB65/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) Daily Shasta quota https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469594324665-9OAYR2JU7AZ5Q94RTWAB/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) Columbine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469591741682-FMB0N5A83W3757Y4XWO5/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) Spicing up the rocks with some color https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469592603628-17JZ2RZIJBEEPZXMOJ7E/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) ...make for a purpler-than-usual tongue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469593495334-VL2ZIG163XTF71VGPY20/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) Made it to the top, but still exposed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469594280069-TLF81II47J5MWYWU5IJ7/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) Still there...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469593451869-7IPFEVFUB4NLZ5QNG56O/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) Looking back over Seiad Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469591890932-N2KDIVKO66H7J0IMJARK/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) I wish I didn't have to stay up so late to catch these sunsets. #hikerproblems https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469592572138-XMRU2MMA576TR13T5WVI/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) These...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469594014894-Y5RGQLSHC2LZ8UNII3AY/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) Green, open hillsides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469593930833-3RFQZSRCGETQIW8GEJ0E/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) The last mile of California https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469592284190-TQMTKUASK2HVNRVFGQW2/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) The Marble Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1469591700323-UNYFWDGJJ45PXE8K4W4D/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 76 - Day 83 (mile 1597.2 - mile 1716.2) Snowy mountains to the south http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-72-day-75 monthly 0.5 2016-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468898880638-RQYX9WPSYQTBKGP76QR6/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 72 - Day 75 (mile 1498.7 - mile 1597.2) Castle Crags https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468900757977-JJX414PRL94168SJ2PKP/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 72 - Day 75 (mile 1498.7 - mile 1597.2) And some yellow flower (that's the technical term)  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468899618484-4NDUYL16JYXKUMZAOULH/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 72 - Day 75 (mile 1498.7 - mile 1597.2) There are mountains other than Shasta out here. They just aren't very big...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468900061030-TX4YVQY3AXG83HNS46RY/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 72 - Day 75 (mile 1498.7 - mile 1597.2) ...and yellow flowers!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468898924827-FGLL0I6X1SR5MZW9RH4M/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 72 - Day 75 (mile 1498.7 - mile 1597.2) And the day isn't complete without turning around and checking out Mt. Shasta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468900147091-GJRK1EU8V4BCCQMSIMFE/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 72 - Day 75 (mile 1498.7 - mile 1597.2) Snow-capped peaks that aren't Mt. Shasta!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468898759752-TBYD865CR0NAT0TY20A1/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 72 - Day 75 (mile 1498.7 - mile 1597.2) Today's milestone (or mile-sticks in this case)  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468900802341-T0PAQLFYT5SHWVV6WC9H/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 72 - Day 75 (mile 1498.7 - mile 1597.2) Smile for the camera!!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468899559322-KW2NPJJ7R8DHY93P7Y9E/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 72 - Day 75 (mile 1498.7 - mile 1597.2) And cool rocks!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468900725133-BWQI5KREXEOZ7EIQWG1A/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 72 - Day 75 (mile 1498.7 - mile 1597.2) Lilies and Columbines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468900044792-Q9F3YROTUOAT2OBN692H/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 72 - Day 75 (mile 1498.7 - mile 1597.2) Red rocks, white snow...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468899436855-IQ5AKWO52T62GM0ZZKSR/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 72 - Day 75 (mile 1498.7 - mile 1597.2) Early morning haze https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468900770184-Y01586PG5W72WAL1RNL5/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 72 - Day 75 (mile 1498.7 - mile 1597.2) Alpine lakes, valleys, and volcanoes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468898809820-B784FKJ9OU3M12TQALYS/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 72 - Day 75 (mile 1498.7 - mile 1597.2) The metric system, gettin' some more love https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468899534559-ORZYM7JBEMX700AW3S1Q/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 72 - Day 75 (mile 1498.7 - mile 1597.2) There are new flowers though! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468900680854-Y11ON51YHUKYP4GFIOAQ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 72 - Day 75 (mile 1498.7 - mile 1597.2) Morning glow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468899396621-7ZAU2Z9OLSMFRI5W846P/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 72 - Day 75 (mile 1498.7 - mile 1597.2) I guess these grow on trees now?  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468899495159-Q400SJQUDQ7SRXCYJ44O/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 72 - Day 75 (mile 1498.7 - mile 1597.2) And this... "Um, guys? What am I supposed to do about this?!? " https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468900890604-CB0MYSPZBXM3XDO27LBG/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 72 - Day 75 (mile 1498.7 - mile 1597.2) Sierra flashbacks...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468900013317-JX7WNRJPVBIW2CYNGN8A/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 72 - Day 75 (mile 1498.7 - mile 1597.2) The Trinity Alps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468900907070-K69IVP5UAQHUDJ74YKGE/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 72 - Day 75 (mile 1498.7 - mile 1597.2) I finally decided to get a salad. But I couldn't pass on the burger and fries... So I got both   http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-67-day-71 monthly 0.5 2016-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468725033477-1NKFDTHFJ7UFQU9DBED6/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 67 - Day 71 (mile 1416.5 - mile 1498.7) Lilies, of the white variety https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468726413840-UJZQ2268D1VHSL80F1QS/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 67 - Day 71 (mile 1416.5 - mile 1498.7) Commandeering a table while we organize our resupplies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468725724090-YDP4ZTZY3UDH4BGP0IGA/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 67 - Day 71 (mile 1416.5 - mile 1498.7) "Don't tread on me"   "Don't worry"   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468725055346-R1ZZ9DNUP22JEQ577MVY/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 67 - Day 71 (mile 1416.5 - mile 1498.7) One of those views that make the climb worth it   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468725554550-68QGPK4KM9ZFTH32C88R/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 67 - Day 71 (mile 1416.5 - mile 1498.7) And in the middle of the day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468726167356-K2CH87650J8F10B1EILL/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 67 - Day 71 (mile 1416.5 - mile 1498.7) How many pictures of Shasta can I post?  I don't think they have gotten old yet... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468726221909-T2RCMNXBJVCHZUJPWNLO/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 67 - Day 71 (mile 1416.5 - mile 1498.7) Clear cut hillside   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468726447194-GI9DTV4PUBU1HHXH71A8/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 67 - Day 71 (mile 1416.5 - mile 1498.7) Mmmm, bacon cakes, dipped in syrup, and topped with whipped cream. More please!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468726128208-C1SDL1IKXEBDXCCGG4JR/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 67 - Day 71 (mile 1416.5 - mile 1498.7) Peek-a-boo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468725504808-FXSCRF7YZD7XRRS185ZV/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 67 - Day 71 (mile 1416.5 - mile 1498.7) She looks pretty good in the morning too https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468725166794-0Q2TAPMM677ZSGWFXCW3/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 67 - Day 71 (mile 1416.5 - mile 1498.7) Shasta at sunset https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468725822679-TE4V17R8NA8057RDM8MD/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 67 - Day 71 (mile 1416.5 - mile 1498.7) When we aren't looking at Shasta, the views are less snow-capped https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468725000003-F1WELE4048FVSJ3I21YU/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 67 - Day 71 (mile 1416.5 - mile 1498.7) Burney Falls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468725193048-83S6KN3J417RHPBLXW4Y/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 67 - Day 71 (mile 1416.5 - mile 1498.7) Tonight's motel http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-64-66 monthly 0.5 2016-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468125359550-RA5EGOF6S8PQICO1DM2I/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 64.5 - Day 66 (mile 1347.5 - mile 1416.5) Lassen Peak at the start of Hat Creek Rim   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468125392121-PCOSXSSTA9THRV8DWAM1/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 64.5 - Day 66 (mile 1347.5 - mile 1416.5) Lassen Peak near the end of Hat Creek Rim   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468125948508-ON1874IS9DEYLJW9DNR5/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 64.5 - Day 66 (mile 1347.5 - mile 1416.5) I like these signs a lot more than I did in Southern California   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468125587656-92ADS90J7YCJ60QBK9X5/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 64.5 - Day 66 (mile 1347.5 - mile 1416.5) It amazes me how some flowers can thrive in such dry places https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468124900270-00EM0IEI7YUT4AN124YM/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 64.5 - Day 66 (mile 1347.5 - mile 1416.5) Gorgeous greenery... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468124976680-FSR7458J4BA8EIXUNOPG/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 64.5 - Day 66 (mile 1347.5 - mile 1416.5) ...waist-deep waters... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468125501530-5BPS9YJ935KDTRY85MTV/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 64.5 - Day 66 (mile 1347.5 - mile 1416.5) Soft evening colors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468125293606-H6CJC9WS4888J8CNW5OV/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 64.5 - Day 66 (mile 1347.5 - mile 1416.5) Cool, cloudy day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468124937829-XTL7B1YVYRARGOPYWLYK/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 64.5 - Day 66 (mile 1347.5 - mile 1416.5) ...beautiful burns... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468125040077-4RHQEBTNHORLJUXCXNJ8/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 64.5 - Day 66 (mile 1347.5 - mile 1416.5) ...and lurking Lassen!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468125858813-662I6D2AXLOI3HD7WSAU/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 64.5 - Day 66 (mile 1347.5 - mile 1416.5) Another cloudy, cool, noisy morning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468125323754-6CLFZSWX53YDDXU6P8K4/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 64.5 - Day 66 (mile 1347.5 - mile 1416.5) Headlamp? Check   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468125427035-764560IIW21K2GINHM6Q/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 64.5 - Day 66 (mile 1347.5 - mile 1416.5) What do you do when you get cell phone service? You stop in your tracks, no matter where you are https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468125905630-Y3QBAIPYKVBE901OAEF0/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 64.5 - Day 66 (mile 1347.5 - mile 1416.5) Trail magic, and a place to procrastinate walking another seven miles http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-62-day-64 monthly 0.5 2016-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468122410573-45L9T3IFOHEZNTWNMHMT/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 62 - Day 64.5 (mile 1284.3 - mile 1347.5) One of the few times we weren't in a tree tunnel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468122298001-L61PE74ZM3U9N4PTBMQP/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 62 - Day 64.5 (mile 1284.3 - mile 1347.5) Still finding some water out here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468123635934-UWHJJD2QERGSGPKEK1R3/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 62 - Day 64.5 (mile 1284.3 - mile 1347.5) Doin' what thru-hikers do best https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468122915202-YB9C6Z6MANNCVSRQRJ80/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 62 - Day 64.5 (mile 1284.3 - mile 1347.5) Some bushwhacking required https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468122550534-NU6731TYIYZH5Q9ND0O4/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 62 - Day 64.5 (mile 1284.3 - mile 1347.5) Northward bound!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468123612685-GR73NJIWRY9VZR1AIJLY/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 62 - Day 64.5 (mile 1284.3 - mile 1347.5) Boiling springs. We didn't go for a dip here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468122790832-RGBOQ4ZYJNP8G6UYSIJ9/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 62 - Day 64.5 (mile 1284.3 - mile 1347.5) The Sierra Buttes are the little pointy peaks wayyyy out there https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468122498717-NQ19R9OWWPXP0KYUNURE/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 62 - Day 64.5 (mile 1284.3 - mile 1347.5) Lassen Peak - still a few days away https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468122957714-IZH50LO3LG885CQZQ4HP/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 62 - Day 64.5 (mile 1284.3 - mile 1347.5) Today's typical trail (I like alliteration)  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468122442275-AXRKD18T3KA5SQP97KY4/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 62 - Day 64.5 (mile 1284.3 - mile 1347.5) Still getting the flowers   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468123789149-15OBXKPUOPIKXFNJHIP9/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 62 - Day 64.5 (mile 1284.3 - mile 1347.5) Sometimes we have to rough it out here in the wilderness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468122860685-ENTBIBV2Q0X39EUM9JO2/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 62 - Day 64.5 (mile 1284.3 - mile 1347.5) 1325 down, 1325 to go!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1468122353961-YEP8WEFD08B8MOFUAEPE/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 62 - Day 64.5 (mile 1284.3 - mile 1347.5) Poses are more fun when someone can take your picture http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-585-day-61 monthly 0.5 2016-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467691724628-1NK2LU8C72LSH187Y9RJ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 58.5 - Day 61 (mile 1195.4 - mile 1284.3) Smoky skies make for great sunsets   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467722647891-APCQAL18VQP4IROHMPAJ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 58.5 - Day 61 (mile 1195.4 - mile 1284.3) Next stop, Belden! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467722572193-QRWIFHAFZ1QATMW9ADI0/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 58.5 - Day 61 (mile 1195.4 - mile 1284.3) Where are the mountains going?!?  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467722672831-Z77MVB1FVUU17STNIZBU/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 58.5 - Day 61 (mile 1195.4 - mile 1284.3) But first, family time!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467722907461-XDCNLR0XG02LYOYD4RDV/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 58.5 - Day 61 (mile 1195.4 - mile 1284.3) Smoky...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467723000193-O7I39PJ0Q2DENSNWIXB3/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 58.5 - Day 61 (mile 1195.4 - mile 1284.3) Lilies!!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467724002824-6H8WS7IBGLMCHXNTIW4L/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 58.5 - Day 61 (mile 1195.4 - mile 1284.3) Manzanita openings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467722712631-U41QCRJ61D3E7BTTDCNQ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 58.5 - Day 61 (mile 1195.4 - mile 1284.3) Which also includes being dorks   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467722929584-C1ABV6PA1MQ16UP44PFQ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 58.5 - Day 61 (mile 1195.4 - mile 1284.3) Today's laundry facilities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467723970469-K9W49DLH6QVHUHK3KCDF/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 58.5 - Day 61 (mile 1195.4 - mile 1284.3) Green morning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467691700476-OL16D8BP3OM50JZXC05A/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 58.5 - Day 61 (mile 1195.4 - mile 1284.3) Hazy views to the east   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467724083283-AZ3W8PKQFKIV19KDV0WN/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 58.5 - Day 61 (mile 1195.4 - mile 1284.3) Relaxin' by the river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467691597399-84P7VJ110MJ2W0PY0IB6/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 58.5 - Day 61 (mile 1195.4 - mile 1284.3) Up close and personal with the Sierra Buttes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467691658059-FS2AJK8MKIHLWHO7EUS5/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 58.5 - Day 61 (mile 1195.4 - mile 1284.3) Following the blazes   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467722612524-DQADLMX42TUZHKBTZM0C/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 58.5 - Day 61 (mile 1195.4 - mile 1284.3) Ridge walkin'  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467722981339-VN9BN88LJDA9V4VM4KVY/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 58.5 - Day 61 (mile 1195.4 - mile 1284.3) The girls on Lookout Rock http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-55-day-585 monthly 0.5 2016-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467675038713-EBDDIIGGNQ7JGR40F80V/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 55 - Day 58.5 (mile 1092.2 - mile 1195.4) These ones looked new   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467675121369-97WZ2KHRNMNSI0H2F8TZ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 55 - Day 58.5 (mile 1092.2 - mile 1195.4) Green, green, and green https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467675451020-5B6JF0EN5XT6Y6DTL67T/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 55 - Day 58.5 (mile 1092.2 - mile 1195.4) ...and navigating a snow field   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467673750587-5CWAWGM6AVN7XGVQ9FDJ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 55 - Day 58.5 (mile 1092.2 - mile 1195.4) Lookin' south from Dick's Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467675178917-ZO26DAF0WPIVNDXDJJ53/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 55 - Day 58.5 (mile 1092.2 - mile 1195.4) Passing through flower-filled meadows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467675880128-QHY6KNEA8A3ER88CM6YA/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 55 - Day 58.5 (mile 1092.2 - mile 1195.4) Still a little snow. But not much...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467675977252-2UGSTAEY6EOHF770ARWB/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 55 - Day 58.5 (mile 1092.2 - mile 1195.4) Long-melted snow means more flowers!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467675000910-592YQ4RP01V8WN7ZW7B0/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 55 - Day 58.5 (mile 1092.2 - mile 1195.4) Morning flowers   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467675330677-WYRBK4C3XA53CW1NKKN9/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 55 - Day 58.5 (mile 1092.2 - mile 1195.4) Still get some amazing snow-capped views   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467673721224-1DPIUOIB3UODALCAN9VG/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 55 - Day 58.5 (mile 1092.2 - mile 1195.4) Red dirt to go with the white   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467675370587-3C17XZJ8WKOGA0N7DVMA/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 55 - Day 58.5 (mile 1092.2 - mile 1195.4) Hiking buddies! Hamming it up for the camera... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467675529614-F526I3C3PFTC7IDITVH0/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 55 - Day 58.5 (mile 1092.2 - mile 1195.4) Hot damn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467675931918-URXOR0KQ9IJ99A1X6BLU/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 55 - Day 58.5 (mile 1092.2 - mile 1195.4) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467676475727-TL01PAGQ883QS4B3RFQH/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 55 - Day 58.5 (mile 1092.2 - mile 1195.4) The afternoon's climb...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467673650524-011O7HABIECWPYA2RR4G/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 55 - Day 58.5 (mile 1092.2 - mile 1195.4) Desolation Wilderness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467673815433-XHU2HLU9WJFZA7MUE72J/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 55 - Day 58.5 (mile 1092.2 - mile 1195.4) Where I enjoyed this afternoon's snack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467673852219-OUN5WIKSJCDX4X9FKIV1/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 55 - Day 58.5 (mile 1092.2 - mile 1195.4) Sunset over Lake Tahoe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467674935126-SHTQQSIQLK4Z59UJ7CW6/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 55 - Day 58.5 (mile 1092.2 - mile 1195.4) A sunrise to rival last night's sunset https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467676069797-QOOHXVW6ROJ8J9LM835N/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 55 - Day 58.5 (mile 1092.2 - mile 1195.4) A preview of coming attractions (Sierra Buttes)  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467676018773-EWC9D982N9X8GY093IFL/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 55 - Day 58.5 (mile 1092.2 - mile 1195.4) What do you mean this isn't normal?!?  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467675249925-L15YLPFO0WUVXBSHI99I/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 55 - Day 58.5 (mile 1092.2 - mile 1195.4) Gotta sneak in a selfie every now and again   http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-44-day-54 monthly 0.5 2016-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467067421451-WC7MASS58SC4KK0AVTWL/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) They couldn't have put the trail on the other (dry) side of the creek? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467069655727-U55843WOGQB383EZSEP4/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Only a few big snow patches left! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467068837325-1F0ZB89GUK3ZBMOE1DEU/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Little flowers... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467068041682-ZJEF3B0R9E3OTSUAVN5Y/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Four digits! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467069585509-KL1WXIIU25RZUFYL1IGI/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) I later learned from the rangers that this is Hope Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467067604164-4PZDXILPTWUAH8OPV1I7/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) The view from tonight's home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467069709934-8ZBGJM5M6B4DVCCIO0W8/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) The first glimpse of Lake Tahoe (wayyyy out there) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467068252228-ZC0UJ4N4XKTUOD0Y8WDN/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467068326267-3EUI4Z1KMNUF95VCPEH8/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Looking back towards Sonora Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467069040785-2QKPVJI0LKL3IKY25V5B/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) You can make out the Carson Valley, and the side of Mt. Rose, wayyyy up north. I can almost see my house from here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467070312670-AXTQIDDF5TH3NJ2UTATH/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) I wasn't driving and taking pictures at the same time... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467070456232-8SH6X3ZENOGVGPFFH9P4/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Sunset from camp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467069564191-SR7EDO2A7NDDA14X7C2G/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467067395794-Z110K0TEYRF55OR2YSWM/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) How is this day going to turn out? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467067165233-8NETZ3BUJDZ37APBYT7X/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Here we go again! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467069735522-CPOMBA8FEZC012OXVM3E/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) The headwaters of the upper Truckee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467068122765-38ZN6LB71EZZSRVATY6L/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) We are about to go right down the top of that https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467068993217-QYEFYE7GKQ2MOHZ39IFT/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) I keep telling myself we are almost out of the snow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467069447520-PL2EHP234FMTOMPF913E/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Gotta love them sage ridges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467067551821-45B88EYPAWF902PB7GNN/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) And you get some lakes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467069531030-2T56PDVEBSZPBBCQTFUX/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467070602306-9SOPEFDGP5FRUTCCDV2Z/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Started from the bottom now we here... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467067133542-YV72WIZ6F5LPSZ8A6E5M/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Meadows (complete with a few bugs) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467068762516-GAIRG7SPZJZXS3I34E6M/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) There should be deer in here somewhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467068959076-KY3V4E20GG8K3CJCNE30/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Afternoon shadows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467070076738-9ENMZZC34B3XOYYDIOF6/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467067456821-7G5VENJFOP1Y1QFDL65G/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Pictures didn't really do this one justice... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467068189789-NCRPS6ARK13DSZZ523QV/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Another look south. The last time I'll be seeing some of those peaks for a while... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467068930376-JCOTVIOMD1L61AL0L6BJ/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Evening scenery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467067071528-X3IUR24P8N9MVWD6AOVG/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Taken from the last bridge that we got https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467067578596-VK0CYT7WHB326GD0VZKO/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) And you get some reflective lakes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467068276823-TKU22ITJIIVP7T3FT4QD/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) This is Darby's "Why do I have to be related to you?" face https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467070029029-C1M3VDMG9L2WQNSU8CPD/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Breakfast view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467067225985-HAAB0752PWTUDO0TPHRF/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) No bridges anymore... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467069621139-5OUXFE4OEQ7E6P6Y40U5/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Carson Pass Information Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467066988728-3PCEO40ZYRRXBBQAM0UB/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Leaving Tuolumne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467070478914-SKLJP7P5VVD3PRRUU34J/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Reflections to the west https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467068095205-EUF6OYS1KT5TBES2PT98/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Time to put the chains back on... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467070539656-ND09GJXDQX9YY45I9NBA/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) ... and now we are back to the bottom! Happy (if not tired and sore) hikers! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467068800738-CXNHPWPGV9UYL9YW1JEB/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Can still see Sonora to the south https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467070115284-YT6LI6LA9SKH46JSRJHH/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Are they really that bad? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467070285958-H00K19HCPY2NDAETXN4R/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) I think the highway goes right by that... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467070395275-3VYETRTV9J45YBBZCAJ0/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Resupply boxes? Check. Dorky little sister? Double check. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467067493951-ZT9B6JR2SGBWVG89A7FH/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Occasionally you can climb up on the rocks and get a view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467068070976-23717CFZAVUOTS701HLN/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Diggin' the greenery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467068888494-J28QRGUXJNVY0D2LBJTC/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) ... and bigger flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467067186997-5RGI7M9NNEFV8ZUMUBPP/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Near Benson Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467069412729-GLSA88UNHTSQQ4MLAOJX/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) 5:30am, just outside the front door https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467070506352-Y2E6THX0X1JVJ5ICAX1D/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Mt. Muir (the big one in the middle) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467067100243-6SEJ8E2GF0ZQUJRFZGL4/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) "I guess this rock looks like a good place to grow" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467069685263-VWWDV9REW6EW9UQLAWCO/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Pretty views just a few miles from Carson Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467070096569-R0E5T77ITXQRFD9RWKA5/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Echo Lake Chalet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1467068364873-BJ07K3BFE9GHMMUQAV8F/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 44 - Day 54 (mile 942.5 - mile 1092.2) Purple on white http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-41-day-43 monthly 0.5 2016-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466729987638-ZJ04UIPH9XH81D906U83/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) Looking north from Silver Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466739313156-SJCJ7V7E447CWWCLNPL5/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) You sure you want to camp here? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466740079309-PHXOKY388GXDLXZV1TZL/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) We were just up in those mountains! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466739187613-5OBQL18VYPHVPSUHYPAI/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) Rainbow Falls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466729952578-C06YZ9ECA4WSSHO4MU9Q/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) Aaaaand back into the snow, this time on the approach to Silver Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466740005437-A23Z768EN0JZX9P3G3F0/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) Remembering past scenery with a look south... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466740188278-KXMO46L4RG9FOS2C8D6B/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) Flat walking for dayyyyyys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466739226710-OXEKIJSYYOWSJ0MDP17T/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) Devil's Postpile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466729922031-9Y85PCVN8HVAT9R80Y2J/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466738968401-TKIV5HVIX0TJ4W7BBS73/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) Double log bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466739252014-WL7UTF95QRN5U2KD2IKN/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) Meadows near Mammoth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466739376691-QFVGE3QHOOYJUDLI0PS9/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) Twenty-five year old burn. Not growing back very fast... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466739075190-K8YX68DTB1KEZKZD6USQ/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) Views like this make the wet-shoe mornings more manageable... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466739118583-VSM0LIQJ183JLOH3CC06/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) ... and this https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466729832678-3DZC1ZDTDM6B6GNRAX3V/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) Water falling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466729735952-BNKNMWWLK5KYFXNSMFQ3/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) VVR "Ferry" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466739034748-DBMRM1U9Y933E9VH342M/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) They gettin' fancy now https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466738701242-9A7DKV7VZHA7ZGJ7AV7V/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) (dehydrated) dinner with a view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466738645187-ZL6JWGPDYOJVQC8PU90M/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466738493248-Z622TC4Y8NWG9QY2TZCW/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) Heavy-duty bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466739934036-AA2IKAAHZAUBAI5KFA0O/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) ... and looking north towards the future!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466738363360-XEBFMRY9NSXRIZ9EY26E/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) Sometimes it's tough to gauge the snow depth. Not so here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466739866019-JOH4FQAWX05J4UD6Z2YX/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) Once my phone got warm enough to turn on... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466738598229-S9SZAD7DS8AHQHPTR8IY/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 41 - Day 43 (mile 878.5 - mile 942.5) Meadows and mountains http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-35-day-40 monthly 0.5 2016-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466632672102-3Q7L185ZHVGJQBJA08JE/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) C'mon, this doesn't make the trail look THAT steep https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466628599995-ASLFDW6FU4KO3KF2V0TX/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Setting the stage...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466632445590-QJTVJTP2IH3Z2ENLOVKV/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) The "trail" up Glen in the rear view mirror https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466639105377-DQ23ISFWTR83TI155Z91/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Leconte Canyon (with requisite water) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466640647341-6Y3R8ZVBP49M6M5JTMEF/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Early morning views https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466642255972-XKYYHR6ILWGUFDEBLYZ1/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Looking off the north side of Seldon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466629462319-QD9VVTCJ5PU823HTIEC4/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Panoramic fire in the sky   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466639249708-51HDCX3SX7N3Q6FKTM15/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Flowers in the canyons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466637846881-OTZE4DRZ7GLY9LABJNKE/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) ... lookin' back towards the summit... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466628556907-P0CNSW5KLL1NQOM9DVNW/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Okay, now how do we get back to this?  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466638754284-NZ2NRECZT0C3QXCIT8BQ/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Don't forget to turn around and see where you have come from https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466628641734-0Z8LKWC1UXRD499KG54G/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466629131100-COBXRKH90EYM7FV0YXG3/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) We'll see these mountains up close and personal tomorrow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466629263913-OZ8IWVV183DMSBRH0SR7/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) #nofilter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466642064614-KBB2ETA6LO2JI1C78N3Q/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Snow on the mountaintops! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466642103435-GZ6K955C0O3A4CUWGHU9/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) A little bit of fresh snow... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466642528443-6PBV4ZE959M2QKLQFW02/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Last night's accommodations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466638683829-S8VCJLG5BJDQVZS4S0FV/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Nope! Thanks, tree! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466640766873-4YXEDQBA3BDZBHHL7PAP/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Looking into Evolution Basin from Muir Pass. Looks chilly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466640895903-AX3UNDWWIO035XRT5J97/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) A few minutes ago I could see that mountain on the other side of the pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466633041650-UO3TGOFB7QPZZUI7W3M8/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) When they decide to build a bridge, they don't mess around...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466632857230-3MZQRIOJPC35D2D7H2SB/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Rae Lake reflections   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466639010178-17LVM4L89QSYOCS2NMWJ/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Six more glorious miles of downhill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466641199029-7TFE0QPN3XBO223WPTD3/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Back out of the snow. And a temporary break from the rain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466640727448-IF81LY32CXOO3T5RFFID/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Muir Pass, looking south https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466641033705-FJN03A1WOE8TUKPAPWVF/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) The second, alternate, crossing of Evolution Creek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466638872224-PIJUARTH90L1LTZSKGLR/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Looking south from Mather Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466637638945-6XCS3UUI1EVVA9SR6C2K/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Feeling that mist on my face made all the fords worth it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466639192771-BC12ARH3BJ0VNYGCUVR3/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Something other than mountains! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466642294631-5G4JOAT8EV1TILGCBSVZ/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Threatening clouds and frozen lakes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466637816011-TMH77M5PKJ919QNHFU5Q/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Lookin' north from the summit... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466642373959-CLS1K68YSNMVPAY6Z3FR/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Bear "Creek" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466641105731-WZEB67JN29MPV7C491K8/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) The other Evolution Creek crossing. I'm glad there was an alternate... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466640692704-O5L0KWOBWZMQUR64SKGK/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) The approach to Muir Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466632470259-0Y627J9EK85834FCEGN1/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Glen Pass (the more black I wear, the colder t generally is) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466638630878-B2MZFL8OUZJGTS5IWWSC/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Do I have cross this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466637518450-QB9AU8HV7EUXXYBUIS99/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) The Rae Lakes basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466638822084-T4K4UY07RYTXOMOUOINU/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Snow fields for days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466642206742-BLH6VJCTQYTP6YWD9LH8/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) ... aaaand even more fresh snow! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466638938973-JKFKWTAR7EXA8X74A5UR/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) The north side of Mather Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466637709250-C0OO66V9E2PFSIATTJBJ/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) The approach to Pinchot Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466641152443-TPINGBRLO6GICM6AJCK4/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Now you see me, now you don't https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466637763650-DT273P9X45WJYY6CDI0B/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) Pinchot Pass (hasn't warmed up much) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466642175751-YU65NT5MKJVKZ0Q2R1S9/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) ... a little bit more fresh snow... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466637881488-TBOS89OXJK0KXB43DQ00/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) ... aaaaaaand looking ahead to tomorrow's trail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1466640968884-JEL7OP80BE8S5U4ADH74/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Day 35 - Day 40 (mile 788.5 - mile 878.5) The first crossing of Evolution Creek http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-30-day-34 monthly 0.5 2016-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465394833565-6R9N5Z2403L7PAAUFZEZ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) Crabtree Meadows   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465394140888-5OWLVQO5AP6GN53KGC9Z/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) The mountains of Sequoia National Park to the west https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465396295448-Y9NNB7KWDA1LR7JFF2VL/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) Postholing: Exhibit A. Good thing there isn't video of me trying to get out of this...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465395037683-52RK5ZWVIND83DLJ5RJ9/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465396076451-I8X3OQF50FAJLYLDQY3Q/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) Forester is the low point on the ridge line in the middle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465396363097-VZZ5T0J2VXXVS07WDIT4/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) The way down https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465393648895-PZOZYZ4SHCYM45W8GDDC/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) Guess where we are going next? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465395492120-WMJWOZ12XMVT2AJG57J5/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465396219110-4JCVYZSF6A8J3KYZFXC4/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) Looking back into Sequoia from Forester https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465393977883-4XZC38L8EMY01QIQLHRM/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) Magic hour   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465394052255-M08JYC842Q6NRA14TKJN/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) Ta-dah!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465394856299-6LXQZGJ4DSERE3E4BZ2B/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) He/she was posing for me   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465395592977-J5PFSWD2YA8G3MBFI7CA/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) Back on the PCT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465395993518-COOH0L9VUX8FBYB9GE7W/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) You want me to walk through that?!?  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465396705121-N6WHB342UUN042TSHFNK/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) With all the mountains I haven't been paying much attention to the flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465393891789-O39CUMKLFFWKPX33361M/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) More burned area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465395625142-LDQGT2CZGDR9ELUGQ8G4/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) Dinner and a view   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465396637435-GSRV4U11JMCR666EJ8NN/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) Reminds me a bit of the Canadian Rockies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465396529459-0LVK5362IDFJYOX4C6CJ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) I don't think we have to ford this river...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465393806832-H92LQZN7ENGGPRKHK1AO/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) The mountains are interspersed with huge sage flats   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465394030619-ZQI3MU4YNU8F7V2J050U/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) You get some gnarly looking trees up here...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465396033673-LW1RGOHM07RVZTMOAV91/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) The trail/creek on the way up   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465396147414-H4SBRK6CNTJXKXWNP6S8/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) Steeeep faces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465395290710-MFW5R6HSPAZVV9SWP678/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) I felt like I almost tore my Achilles...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465395533481-5JLOSBFYSCBUG3VWZBNI/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) Porcelain throne, PCT/JMT style   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465396754605-5K8165K9N1SFJGETPL63/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) Tonight's accommodations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465394491583-3TL053IRJK784483SCXN/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) Aaaaaaaand more snow...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465395201604-QN16BG9N5ISC8JCUJLRU/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) Almost there, Rabbit!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465395851736-F4UN5HFD2PP2N78BBJ02/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) Alpine glow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465394112075-ORPTDBZMPV68WP21GYAL/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) Langley and Whitney to the distant north. We'll be there before we know it   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465395431652-HR9YQ0MCRSC2VNL6ISHP/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465394943450-9R3DQ6OXC394MZTLAHRH/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465395094133-2AI8XMCESQHNY2VB2H7I/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465396569306-2ZQOT55F21GJIU6H5LVR/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) Starting the climb out of Kings Canyon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465396459374-7LLWNP2YTNME9TQQXK6R/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) I watched a rock slide come off those high peaks. Glad I wasn't up there!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465394800722-877VP4MJ75RZUN6UA1XG/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) Now we're talkin!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465394453291-7YCBG59TWUKP4NW1EQM7/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) Gettin' into some snow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465393595655-0QL6VACNSVLBLL1W2KG3/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) Many more of these to come   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465396256165-CBMT1H477DU1FWBIHQZT/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) Okay, now someone please help me up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465396666895-M5Y5JVB194EPXIWZLR0B/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) And the Tetons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465394900359-FPUMBTOO5KL0FQIS4IB4/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) It's not just the mountains that are impressive   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465396604155-7LOT1VRBM7LPDIICCF68/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) Aptly named Bullfrog Lake   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465393627791-4SZ24IFGTQCUXNYH0ULW/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) A PCT resort   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465394005971-TQ21HH0LYZPRZ4R2K58Q/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 30 - Day 34 (mile 704.7 - 788.5) It's sooooo green!  http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-24-day-29 monthly 0.5 2016-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465360221356-XQXJUT50VYAYYGZZGUST/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) The view for the majority of the day, courtesy of my sun umbrella   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465359867802-JH96SSIAKBIHO4WQ0PTM/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) It's getting greener!!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465361036503-6M8JTU23JTXKEOMIYO87/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) Some Nevada-esque scenery   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465361349822-DGYI0HB78BEGEOUNYYO7/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) ...and fields of yellows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465361861265-JT2L5RD3SZICAJ4MVF1X/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) Sagebrush meadows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465360783318-DYW0W7SDP9JHDZSH01IS/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) Still brown...  and hot... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465361620226-79NL2DA5X8EDKS2TMGYJ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) Some people call these "weeds"  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465359822715-03TI4851Q7ZJMTKN8BKP/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) Late evening colors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465359302132-NAVIUXKD0CM5MT0EBE6I/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) Climbing into the high desert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465361662997-S5KDI6XEDJYYUZ89Q8I2/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465359650441-1UTNYFUL940EYIJCLMKU/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465360567837-LZASWV9BQFQ4HBGB12IX/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) Once I finally got out of bed, the sunrise was with it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465359331321-OSNJD6E6HQKJZUQS3KP4/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) Sometimes you need to stop and look up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465359727532-RIRW2K44G2MM5ITKRMF9/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) Pretty soon there is going to be a lot more white than this...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465361000764-O1RUSLDKCI0MZ2RR80LK/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) Green morning trail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465360278847-83LII8PJWTRM6Q4OAGYY/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) Just when you are getting tired of the brown monotony   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465361311257-5H7HKCGW7AYKNM1N11XP/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) ...yellows...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465361530218-ZI4RJYHR19FB5D1F1YHI/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) We're getting somewhere!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465359386423-MMLP0GJVSNWZ9XKLB7BA/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) There are bigger mountains out there!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465359789485-0TV5F9OVGEEP49IXSGHJ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) Trail side debris?  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465361287210-2CJ0ZSROO8DBXZFQH9QD/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) Reds...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465361583645-G9O4EIKEFZFUA2Q2XTZL/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) Different flowers the past few days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465361242653-6RDN9S5DOQG5BPMF442W/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) ...still not looking much better https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465359949013-PWTAAXEG4FN0SLLDPKWD/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) Started in the desert, to the forest by mid-afternoon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465361763107-LEKF5O624Y6HOGMEGDZC/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) The pack, ready to rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465361888163-HMCWC57Y1Y5L1X787TAF/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) Sun comin' up!!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465361119472-4EV1LE676QSM5CB0R4D3/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) I was just on the other side of this hill...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465362030573-ALPI0U8JTD4RKDGB3DJ5/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) Sun came up!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465361643690-GSKPYL9Q8MW6O6GRJ8OQ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) Rounding out the colors of the rainbow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465360638993-2FWX0XQ0P68WQBLI6SI4/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) The crew winding down the day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465360663974-1J6AHJX0ZKUF28EAT4HI/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) True representation of how I felt   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465361724034-ZZ4LXFYUDPFFH11XNGRJ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) I hope everything isn't as expensive as the fuel...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465359121341-FQM8N4M4DOZGOAXYFA5P/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) The fam bam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1465360178716-OFL0YJ166TYERFYEA05U/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 24 - Day 29 (mile 556.5 - 704.7) WTF?!? It was green yesterday...  http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-19-day-23 monthly 0.5 2016-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464387355182-TJ4N1Z1X26CRPBZDAA3A/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) ...and I took full advantage   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464387812108-C5B3QZW56R2T3JUZB8ZZ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) You can only take so many pictures of a wind farm...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464386440006-21IFCYVY7RJEFAOB7BE0/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) After patiently waiting for its turn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464388603579-N7C1C4ETPQC1V5SATH2D/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) More windmills...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464387274689-DNFZ8S1XXNRLC4CD4NM1/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) And now for the covered portion of the aqueduct https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464386053053-SYIX0XZZ7PJ6QTVYIHJW/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) That moment when it takes three miles of trail to cover one mile as the crow flies...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464388006490-JNTX8AZZZBQYEKIEF4MB/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) Thank you, trail angels of Tehachapi! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464385945165-9K547N8EWG9QM20E8WFR/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) Today's typical trail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464387068382-RN6AUG5RJUBFPOO1HRY7/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) Toys lying around Hikertown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464387115250-5ZVXM0RHZEBJQEXCD4LG/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) The "hotel" and "post office"  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464387339368-FVYT68MKE35X9WP2Q7XB/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) Some kind soul put a chair in the middle of the desert...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464386020477-5IUZV6A23MQ15X9302W2/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) My DIY foam roller. Please excuse the clean feet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464386348441-VO8RHXYFDC9X2ENNGFFF/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) "I'll always get a salad in town" I told myself... At least there are avocados? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464386589834-BNO8NTTL7WB26OXHLOZA/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) Mile five hundred! Still have a ways to go...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464386677796-M163UN6Q7K015SJJ69SN/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) The view from camp. I'll be wandering out across that desert tomorrow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464387182749-MLT8N8NZ2MGCQAM80O2T/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) Afternoon attire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464388082707-Q16FHRWG2JJ27RWFBVZR/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) Yesterday I was on top of those mountains wayyyy over there!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464388562179-68BO0C4HIWRXI9PUYMFR/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) ...and flowers!! (and windmills)  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464385826020-YSJ7W4SHS8EI37V6HDBY/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) Entering the manzanita forest   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464387421515-3EBE54QH1XZPYV4ZAO28/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) Comin' for you, mountains!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464386571274-JTNTS7VRYF0KHNCUN8I6/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) Poodle Dog Bush, this time in bloom   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464386954370-MBRIT6FSADE04U6R2361/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) Dry, dry desert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464386319863-WZZNQFUNELTC59DADG1M/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) On the road again...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464387850779-NYYAOIVRJNP255ZXUY8K/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) Starting to see some trees again! But still pretty bare https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464385749436-LGV2QJH9IK3WA0WKMWPC/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) One step at a time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464385639560-ANIMM20NMMLW2M58YQNW/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) The hills I'll be walking over today   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464388694294-ZDD3QAQCRKA3FWMEI7XP/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) I had to try to not get any windmills in a picture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464386293119-8MWVD7HVO3LIA2WN1A8O/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) Courtesy of Casa de Luna   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464386661071-DQYKUZHE147E4IE8XLGU/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) Plenty of green once I got back on the trail   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464388649314-TY9FZ2LZR49AWLC6337B/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) I've always wanted to hop on a train... Too bad it's going the wrong way https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464387956056-AOV9X619ZH6P49WBP9AD/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) ...but there are all shapes and sizes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464387922172-UTYZ390954GDYGLCWYDI/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) I don't know how flowers survive out here...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464387784145-8JKGB0SSTLFIRJFK45BZ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) Some of the only shade I could find https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464385901368-31H3PG7DMP0VSDO22IT6/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) Desert flowers in the AM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1464387224220-4N7RF1MSP37W3GCBSTRN/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 19 - Day 23 (mile 454.5 - 566.5) I wonder if I walk faster than the water flows?  http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-15-18 monthly 0.5 2016-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463957473684-99MW13LJG3R4PN0GIFO4/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) What is this?!?  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463959309255-X9J33YSUDH9JUZ1MJOV4/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) Promotory Point, PCT style https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463957602973-YP0P976Q1RV7EKLCHP31/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) Looking east from Mount Baden-Powell   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463958296780-JLQS1WG8LWX5R9GVL206/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) Foooooooour hundreeeeeeeeed!!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463958149965-D67PSVBHZNAQBOIBB3TM/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) Reds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463958511969-PEBCKBNC5U263JRW8YJ5/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) Ice, ice, baby...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463959332847-WRLBIH9SQZN50WBCUTFV/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) Lunch, arts, and crafts   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463957444258-BKMA8HHZ7J13X48ULA2S/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) They just love reminding us how much further to go   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463958865260-448QGRBXF47DV4UJHEMH/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) Yellow on yellow   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463958993051-QPJKV2P3PYJCOO9XR0VT/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) An appropriate mile, given the odor in the air https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463957842697-2JYH9N1BAG7RPRV3ENUF/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) Rockin' it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463958766440-0T4VIT9BGGZFLSA6VU8V/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) It almooooost looks like a heart ❤️  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463959375641-U865W8QBZG7F17MABEX1/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) Hiker Heaven   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463959448775-JI5NZ3MOYJWRCTYYHP80/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) The mountains have trees, and the desert has rocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463957915264-UE39KMV83IZX8GLCEPAO/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) Feels like home again...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463959509577-SEB7XMO2PHN5FSR6U6T5/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) How do you get to Canada? One step at a time. Or fly if you are smart...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463959234116-Y4ZGXXSERIP4GTAHCCO9/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) Yellows are prettier in the morning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463959265984-ZZZ28K4CGQT6WMZVCWFN/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) C'mon kids, get a room...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463957385409-4RBVFE38KX1X0W8QQYW5/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) I think LA is out there. Somewhere...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463957534895-74VQXXMN1QRW94G1WCXM/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) Sometimes the little things your mom does make your day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463958182915-L2RNY0M811VSDLJV3YV3/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) Yellows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463958633957-TWQKI6HH1N42BHG1Q4MD/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) You'll smell it before you see it. Hopefully https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463958204741-48UA1HXXTWPLZ0K56JI6/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) The color difference isn't due to the water bottles...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463958594270-5ECI83NI25UEGEA9FHJ1/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) Those clouds were moving. Fast.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463957985325-UJC0MKNS7O4GTNC7YYQQ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) Purples https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463960405041-9MQT20JW5KWTZ7VD0JFA/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) Leftover food. I should eat more   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463958900181-MZJIOQE286JC89A9LG2S/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 15 - Day 18 (mile 369.4 - 454.5) Gotta appreciate moments like these http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-9-day-14 monthly 0.5 2016-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463671980074-068192QX5NUJC0N35YHR/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) That's a good-lookin' log https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463670080571-H2TBJ2F8OV6TP3C597U9/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) ...and more "desert"  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463671135502-QTPW0Y86Q3G617OD4L19/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) ...desert...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463671455241-O5PA8QSWEGOYTEFH1XJF/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) Awwwwwe yeahhhh!!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463667768560-81ATNSCBC1Z0BBP5KDNW/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) Pinyon forests overlooking the desert. Feels kinda like home!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463672091794-UE7X7YYNBN64A0K8YSTO/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) Sun coming up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463670737561-JAN9C77PJA9KGVB2S33I/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) ...to this!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463670828875-KS6SIV93AA98YMDSFTTL/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) Mt Baldy, wayyyyy in the distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463671051972-GMQ47X3B1ILXUI020UN4/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) Desert...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463667840949-LPY3G1IG0JSV8CREZU59/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) From this...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463671367158-6HQNASUSYXQJQ39PML10/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) f*** you...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463668314139-HVCKWU2CQ697AUF6RPEP/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) Big Bear. Apparently it was so-named because there used to be Grizzlies in the area?!?  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463669342415-OON0HSCRZJQTAHRLTRXC/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) I thought I was cool. I forgot how many more miles there are...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463671524194-OA9M76UG5QHLAUKH3D5U/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) Post-McDonalds recovery   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463670000227-EPC3QXJ8CF455NRM2ARK/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) Desert flora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463668709105-ZY4L4GOJH3BXM65KKW4S/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) Desert? What desert?  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463671308023-J7WA57UEIR6IR52XGP2N/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) "Average desert"  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463667503786-W70CN17T0PSIV6AZFZOA/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) My pack must have smelt good https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463671928229-AXEA3Q80GN6E8RTMJHPT/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) Ski slopes in May https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463669837537-UKB4HDFW7CNFBIQ38FFI/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) Root beer floats, shade, and stories!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463668800539-81F0IUIM6F7G3Z6QAW2Z/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) Didn't buzz at me, and never coiled, even though my foot was about six inches from him when I noticed him. He just sat there sticking his tongue out at me   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463670986344-Q3IINA40NG9MDUP9QLRY/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) And flora of the yellow variety https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463669007414-3ZBKFY5M4TWV73KX1DZO/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) I think the rain fly might go on tonight...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463667912365-35WQPMTUJPKBGCWUEHUA/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) ...to this...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463671741387-69RHH6HBT69492Z8MJK2/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 9.5 - Day 14 (mile 251.8 - 369.4) How many hikers can you fit in the back of a truck?  http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/day-5-to-day-9 monthly 0.5 2016-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463155737213-2L970WNQ6MRDOBGWY5M2/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) Beautiful, beautiful water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463158207401-AU3MZBCDQB8PH36L5LD5/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) Cold morning, pretty views when the trees clear up   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463155925170-VFA4GQUK9AP50X4NDQHR/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) Mmmmmm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463157078814-WZ0VVCPERU8MTKG04QHF/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) Don't piss the pinecones off...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463156895229-WZ4ET5D5I20W3VEYUB8K/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) A little reminiscent of the Ruby Mountains in Nevada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463157506290-VBQUKHJ8V5T1GO0DE1EM/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) So glad to be back on the PCT...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463158278874-SB6XM61P9Y5GXW19TQLJ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) Water!!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463156859485-TRBA2PPN7YF47VW0RNQU/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463157471289-39FI5Q940YZGNY4ST410/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) The lookout tower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463155221994-XX0NMCR13HWXD962O2EH/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) Christmas in May!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463158318454-F4KIP4M46IBXPSWOKENA/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) Number one   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463157198759-E6QUU3E6E4P39QA2I0CU/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) Different colors!!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463157890864-ORFPYXLX7O9VKTRQ1IVX/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) Clean feet :)  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463158431269-PFQPHNYXWRZXLIPF9UP7/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) There were some good views when I looked up, though!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463161721070-J90OUULTQNBRUWWQAST6/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) More views with the crew (and umbrellas)  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463157870647-R9DRQUOCMC513WYA9BVM/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) Road walkin'  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463158375844-EBUOEIJO39RMRQX3UTN4/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) Number three. At least this one was easy to see https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463158553643-UN6Y2EP7Y4P7GNF7XDDE/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) Mile 200, whoo-hoo!!!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463156834975-W5CTZS9PPVRUTPZY6FAT/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) My hiking partner this morning   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463155461773-Y4EP1E9VFCZXA3XDCDQI/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) Leaving Warner Springs   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463158892620-9A7103KD0DS4NAE6ZDW3/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) Ziggy and The Bear's https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463158917698-6BTNGSY6YVEXEEIITS48/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) When everyone's feet look like this, it isn't disgusting to have them this close to your food...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463157249593-SOWAZKCLXBNCVGZIJT22/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) Views from the lookout tower   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463158348776-GLZH9AHNAKQDFVWTD338/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) Number two, with the business end pointed towards me...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463155502819-33I9QKZJKYSLAHDAXUK6/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) I think we are going to the top of that...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463161739348-EVW5Q6PH0XVLZTP1534A/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) Here comes the sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463158778399-3VR1GKLSOT9L3MA32QB0/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) We were up there thirty miles ago! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463155235044-MZ7J8HJHBHQWFERA00AI/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) Gotta love them five dolla shades   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463155583817-VZWOVNHZ6ZAN6A78ZEAJ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) The trail to "Mike's" place (actually John's place) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463158865685-9HAOTG26P88QX0CJCYXY/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) One of the more glorious portions of the PCT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463155628730-DU9QXY9V67PUS7Z4C2SR/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) Evening shadows   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463156040116-NH55GTG0PW9HAQUMQ8B9/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) It's getting greener!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1463155843651-FHJB8KD7SDNYIFNVKSZW/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 5 - Day 9 (mile 109.5 - 210.8) Morning trail views   http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/ca-section-a monthly 0.5 2016-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462734187828-R51XRH97HO5NMZ9NLOJB/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) Border patrol was buzzing us all day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462736470147-4BGETFX81GHGDE7INQYY/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) Finally getting some blue sky!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462734640994-N1SH30WPZSWYHOANC2ZM/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) Wasn't this the desert yesterday?  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462737637485-NWJVLM4P2AQX0BBQK7XN/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) Should've done a before/after. This was the detergent and clean water that I soaked my clothes in...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462737611604-2MYYUJ3BLPWDWT4P8R8W/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) Fog still burning off https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462737628742-UYI5LQTD728YG5MM5AGQ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) Moooooove b****, get out the way...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462733278599-WHCMO1CTVWU644ONPXF3/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) Scout and Frodo's https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462735652304-6Q7NZNLF0AL1ILM01XEP/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) The pad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462735550329-ZZZKK6ILEZBHHP8T6QUZ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462737166931-HAPUC3AJNUCHPUL6AFL5/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) They get yellows out here too https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462736478578-TJZP2NQLM74QB56RNFMS/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) Trailside colors   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462736456980-VKSZPLKO5YXH9LQBSUV4/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) High desert   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462734168146-POS5I34S5XCPVBJL4QN0/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) Just another day in the desert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462734195510-UYW0WSR0UDWJ5DBG94EJ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) Ummmm... These are my feet after one day?!?  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462733373682-BDF0VUOYXWVUINK9LB1Q/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) Here we goooooo!!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462734746629-X1NFO86AMDEPH04ZHQ5P/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) Add this to the list of things to worry about https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462737195645-PVIX0P2A1REJTR6A1SC3/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) And pink, spiky cacti...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462734484351-GBV4D0L76KYDXNFUOT4G/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) Oh hey there   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462736903474-YJEQ7VOS96YVI11PXN62/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) I saw this sticker as I was passing by, took a few more steps, got it, laughed, and then had to turn around and snap a picture to share it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462736448756-K6BU211A5F258CBTGV5X/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) Misty Mountaintops   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462734691122-Y49R009C8JWCPP4RQICB/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) Green, cool trail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462734707860-ZURYIKPFNKAVPFIEJ867/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) Much greener than yesterday   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462737132704-3KLXYQUDVSZ1QW0XSUFF/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) I could just take the road to Warner Springs...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462737360189-7PS3GXHR1F608W7ZIPP0/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) One of those purples https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462737118595-H49LZS3NPLMBZX9PLX8A/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) That "unreliable" water source   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462735644838-3UWRPRZC2BD9AMBYMULD/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) The desert below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462734092388-PTI0GB0WYDBI5AIEAWYQ/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) Desert flora   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462734081346-V391IMQJATJIDOW74UZU/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) Pointed tails are good!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462734724902-A7HKO57Z06T7FDL2SUFX/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) Reminds me a bit of the country I used to archery hunt in... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462734174751-BTG6SR9VXTLM09REOCNY/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) There is some life out here!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462737592472-MSJ3Y8OUZPV2Y9BXY316/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) How many more times do I get to do that!?!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462737599023-P7Y1QAL2TIIEBTVSX6NO/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) Early morning shadows   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462736819163-BYHF7XT8X1539S6ZQ1KH/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) Tent city https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462737149607-C37J4XW6G07ST9I5XQ0Z/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) Brown, white, and blue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1462736834298-GAJVO92YR2OBRO54TD9C/image.jpg Trail Notes - Day 0 - Day 4 (mile 0.0 - 109.5) Morning colors   http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/pine-ridge-trail monthly 0.5 2016-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1460945203086-Q1RBVZAQCLJF3YO8X293/IMG_1870.jpg Trail Notes - Warming Up: Pine Ridge Trail Happy camper, but glad to be done! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1460944730221-ZP76LOF84IIS9K3FH3KH/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Warming Up: Pine Ridge Trail Can you spot the rattlesnake? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1460944899299-H8BO03XEPWHBP05XMC8G/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Warming Up: Pine Ridge Trail Some of the views that I am sure I was missing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1460945031476-PJ8G46O2CJCCT49J9TAQ/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Warming Up: Pine Ridge Trail Also glad to be done! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1460944674487-IMF9BD05MDNS4NAIWR5M/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Warming Up: Pine Ridge Trail At the Big Sur Trailhead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1460944940384-FWE3C0R1LPU62KZIMKY2/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Warming Up: Pine Ridge Trail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1460944820044-PWDV5EOX3QMVU92U1M8E/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Warming Up: Pine Ridge Trail Ready for the last 24 miles. Note the rain jacket that I now have on! http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/peters-creek-loop monthly 0.5 2016-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1460927176858-X7S6O8OIB1RR8O18G78A/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Warming Up: Peter's Creek Loop I learned after the fact that this is a Banana Slug. Aptly named... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1460927805926-WX3LED7TBJB5PWQF5EB5/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Warming Up: Peter's Creek Loop Glad I wasn't around when this tree decided to kick the bucket https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1460928020892-YLU49IAEZ300N19SO8YX/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Warming Up: Peter's Creek Loop Alternate Route https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1460938268965-VNV5DRHHXOKV3RR8HGAP/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Warming Up: Peter's Creek Loop http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/ready-to-walk monthly 0.5 2016-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1461871670588-GNYMGCF30OYA2A2E2UYH/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Ready To Walk What five days of trail food looks like https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1461871909766-HLCUA48IGYQML7FYZLX5/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Ready To Walk ...to this... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1461871772552-JT8ZK8L0JFECGA9H6TTN/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Ready To Walk I forgot the chocolate chips in the first batch... Tsk tsk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1461871883845-KM3OMKZ4M3WN4Q662SBS/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Ready To Walk From this... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1461871553745-SRBNVPNXP1WBAHJ4PGG3/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Ready To Walk What multiple months of trail food looks like https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1461871827447-MQ4T8U65VHO81IJ8E7E9/image-asset.jpeg Trail Notes - Ready To Walk 48 granola bars with plenty of ingredients left over! http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/tag/pct monthly 0.5 http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/tag/SoCal monthly 0.5 http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/tag/food monthly 0.5 http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/tag/preparation monthly 0.5 http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/tag/gear monthly 0.5 http://garretthikes.com/trail-notes/tag/sierras monthly 0.5 http://garretthikes.com/califourteeners daily 0.75 2017-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1501209931489-RI045WZCX5MN6U1G08BF/IMG_6218.jpg Califourteeners http://garretthikes.com/califourteeners/mount-williamson monthly 0.5 2017-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1501208096950-6Y7RG3PBXZ3RXIUOXPBS/image-asset.jpeg Califourteeners - Mount Williamson Dinner and a view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1501208049751-JR18MVPXPVSDOGDH80HJ/image-asset.jpeg Califourteeners - Mount Williamson One step at a time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1501208498850-D5IDFEXDSD6JR4FS5TNX/image-asset.jpeg Califourteeners - Mount Williamson Mount Whitney to the south https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1501207997775-AGZ12QDJUCO2Z5O7L3XG/image-asset.jpeg Califourteeners - Mount Williamson Ladybug, ladybug... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1501208293564-JJP9PV45H49OXU1AZRMO/image-asset.jpeg Califourteeners - Mount Williamson The Williamson Bowl (the west face of Williamson is on the left) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1501208342751-VRQHW1US4FZW5KGHDE4H/image-asset.jpeg Califourteeners - Mount Williamson Are we there yet? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1501208398906-1E3K285WBUFMRTD0QBHZ/image-asset.jpeg Califourteeners - Mount Williamson It's not as bad as this makes it look. I promise, Mom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1501208557257-PIKVVFFTFL93115M58EA/image-asset.jpeg Califourteeners - Mount Williamson And another shot thrown in for good measure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1501208451485-SN0YVY7JD5QQKAJPUMX9/image-asset.jpeg Califourteeners - Mount Williamson Sequoia and Kings Canyon to the west https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1501208196253-GHSCU16K3MGDG4ALV99S/image-asset.jpeg Califourteeners - Mount Williamson Sequoia National Park, and the heart of the Sierra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1501209382841-KY98THZHBCK44U7IJY5Y/image-asset.jpeg Califourteeners - Mount Williamson She's clearly terrified of my impressive hunting abilities... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1501209352211-8NGOIABWLJVE4WO62DS1/IMG_6281.jpg Califourteeners - Mount Williamson Until next time... http://garretthikes.com/home daily 1.0 2017-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1484673244146-QS9SUSX5EBTKCSM9WGHR/image-asset.jpeg Garrett https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1484677521445-LV8D39EQTYRCJX03QTVA/g-pct-mexico.jpg Garrett https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1484677533337-SRPLJJFXJH7FTDHLMY3G/g-pct-whitney.jpg Garrett https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1484677797241-2CGG1N4DG6GXM7Z8SXQB/pct-kearsarge-sunset.jpg Garrett https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1484677571354-EOWPTUYKH45TS1QIYH8P/pct-sonora-flowers.jpg Garrett https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1484677799953-CKK7NEPM9E1WTN7V5EJA/pct-lillies.jpg Garrett https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1484677558072-SNTBYF2D6R8JU6ER1GPT/pct-shasta.jpg Garrett https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1484677532270-8QT7FFIQ9RQK0JINZ48S/pct-old-snowy.jpg Garrett https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1484677557799-B0B18MXC4OEZI7H7TARF/pct-glacier-peak.jpg Garrett https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1484677567151-K5DOHOVJIZVSQH626DOA/g-pct-canada.jpg Garrett http://garretthikes.com/contact daily 0.75 2017-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1455165988547-DLW14R6YKB3HVW9K08Y9/scenery-1-2500px.jpg Contact http://garretthikes.com/gear daily 0.75 2016-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1461864680740-ADX7WPNVE7XVWF5D9NII/gear-1275px.jpg Gear http://garretthikes.com/itinerary daily 0.75 2016-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1460863853971-PDRXI1HLRNUNFY2CV0A5/pct-itinerary-banner-2500px.jpg Itinerary http://garretthikes.com/pct-faq daily 0.75 2017-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1460848673228-MB0TT3GLTUI9WXB40JLM/pct-section-d-2500px.jpg FAQ http://garretthikes.com/home-1 daily 0.75 2016-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1455160681195-IP7ULPPF0FA1YN2GYMS4/garrett-whitney.jpg Garrett Menghini https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1455168258347-0KPFCJDJTXQ06O5I74KA/blog.jpg Garrett Menghini Garrett Menghini's Personal Blog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1455160314478-9Q5J1A5G4KEF8CMNJH17/sierras-edited-2500px-width.jpg Garrett Menghini http://garretthikes.com/test daily 0.75 2017-02-07 http://garretthikes.com/farming daily 0.75 2017-02-06 http://garretthikes.com/farming/salad-fixins monthly 0.5 2017-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568f47259cadb6c663aeb26e/1486420763087-75K7S5WJAS41GEYJQEOV/califourteeners-mountaineering-thumbnail.jpg Farming - Salad Fixins