Feeling pretty down in Mammoth, I didn’t know what to do. Luckily things have a strange way of working out. Rodeo showed up and made my life a lot better. He lent me money and invited me to stay in a room that he had gotten with Curry and Lieutenant Dan, the people he was hiking with. So instead of sleeping in a park and eating cold ramen, I got a hot meal, a warm […]
I woke up in the Truckee park on the fourth of September, walked around aimlessly for a while. My heart sank once I looked at my bank account. All my money was gone. Someone had gotten ahold of my card information. Blocking my card, with only $50 in cash I left Truckee and picked the trail back up where I skipped to back in June. Donner pass. This time going south. Donner Pass When you’re […]
If you’ve been following my hike, you know that I’ve had to skip past parts. Well, the time has come to hike the 350 or so miles that I skipped in California. Sunrise over the Truckee river. When I got to Skykomish, I hitched into Seattle and flew down to Reno. Well in Reno it was late and all the hotels were booked. So I ended up taking an uber to Truckee and sleeping in […]
Exiting the Goat Rocks, we soon arrived at White Pass. A gas station without much, but a lot of what you need. We picked up resupply boxes and stayed the night. What a hiker lunch break looks like. As I wrote in a previous post, we had to turn around due to a forest fire. Simba and Pingaling looking out over the raging Norse Peak fire. Instead of hiking, because of the fire, it became […]
Entering into Washington was a surreal feeling. As if achieving something you never knew if you would. I’ve also been sure all this time that it’d be my favorite state. It’s well on it’s way being just that. One of the first notable things I saw in Washington. Is this a sign? It’s supposed to be an eclipse… The forests are deep and we are not the only ones who dwell in them. I ran […]
The Dreamer Journals 