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June 19th, 2022 by Jon We woke up with frost on our tent and my first thought this morning was, “Well, at least I got to sleep in”. We got ready slowly, and by the time we got up, Biscuit was securing her pack and getting ready to roll. She said she woke up kindaContinue reading “Day 73: Mile 948.7 – 967.9”

June 18th, 2022 by Jon Last night was our coldest night on trail. Thankfully, we had already decided to sleep in by an hour because we had to wait for the store to open in Tuolomne Meadows anyway. I woke up around 5:00 and tossed and turned, trying to find the warmest position. It wasContinue reading “Day 72: Mile 936 – 948.7”

June 17th, 2022 by Jon We woke to a somewhat windy morning, although it didn’t feel as cold as it could have been. The wind gusted pretty hard every hour or so, and while it wasn’t that bad, it was enough to wake me up pretty regularly throughout the night. As a result, I feltContinue reading “Day 71: Mile 915.9 – 936”

June 16th, 2022 by Jon We woke up in our very cozy bed and didn’t want to leave it. But there was hiking to do and we were starting to feel antsy about getting back to trail. Mammoth has been amazing, and we really enjoyed our time here. We got up and started collecting allContinue reading “Day 70: Mile 903.3 – 915.9 (+3.5 off-trail miles back to the PCT)”

June 16th, 2022 by Jon We didn’t do a lot today. We woke up and headed over to Mammoth Coffee Roasting Company, which had great coffee, donuts, and breakfast sandwiches. Singsong and I each got a bagel with lox and a donut. We headed over to Vons afterward to finish grabbing food for the nextContinue reading “Day 69: Second Zero in Mammoth”

June 14th, 2022 by Jon We woke up and had very little to do today. After a nice sleep in, we got up, took showers, and made a breakfast of pancakes, bacon, and eggs. We all chilled on the coach until noon or so before Singsong and I headed over to Grocery Outlet with BiscuitContinue reading “Day 68: Zero in Mammoth”

June 14th, 2022 by Jon We woke up after an excellent night of sleep. The wind died down overnight, and we had a nice little protected spot that Singsong picked for us. Over the course of 30 minutes, Biscuit, Missile, and Wilco all left for the trail, we ate our breakfast and got going too,Continue reading “Day 67: Mile 890.9 – 903.3 (+3.5 off-trail miles)”

June 12th, 2022 by Jon We woke up in mushroom city, the camping area at VVR, around 6:00, but didn’t have anything to do, so we dozed until about 6:45. We got up then because breakfast started at 7:00, and we wanted to get our order in so we could eat and then get ourContinue reading “Day 66: Mile 878.7 – 890.9 (+ 4.5 boat ride and 2 off-trail miles)”

June 11th, 2022 by Jon We woke a little earlier than normal, around 5:00 in the morning instead of our usual 5:30. We wanted to get up and over the pass before it got too hot, and we also wanted to enjoy some breakfast while it was still too cold for the mosquitoes. We packedContinue reading “Day 65: Mile 846.2 – 874.5 (+8.2 off-trail miles to VVR)”

June 10th, 2022 by Jon It was warm again when we woke in the morning. Singsong and I both felt pretty tired from the last few days. The Sierras have been very beautiful, but the hiking is pretty intense. Between the elevation changes and the altitude, this section has challenged us in new ways, bothContinue reading “Day 64: Mile 844.4 – 864.2”