Runningbird departed the Mammoth Lakes area early this morning but her SPOT tracker is not functioning so there will be … Continue reading Day 44 – Mammoth Lakes – NOTE – NO TRACKER!! – to Yosemite National Park

Wingman from the Roadside: Spent the day with Runningbird at Starbucks (right across the street from our campsite) going through … Continue reading Day 43 – Mammoth Lakes, Zero-day 2

Silver Pass came quickly but before we actually started the climb Lone Star said he was exhausted and would take … Continue reading TD 41 MP 907

Today we traveled over Bear Ridge,  what is so important about Bear Ridge?  There is the chance of having a … Continue reading TD 40 MP 878

The route down from Muir Pass ws straighforward. The snow crisp in the early morning hours. We were hungry.  We … Continue reading TD 39 MP 860

July 8th dawned with renewed vigor and hope despite our slow progress. Today our plan was to climb to the … Continue reading TD 38 MP 838.5

4AM came, dark and freezing, fragile shots of ice falling off my tent’s rain fly as I opened the zipper.  … Continue reading TD 37. MP 819

Lone Star and I were traveling together now.  It is better to have a partner through this landscape.  Our pace … Continue reading TD 36 MP 814

Morning broke, sunshine, rest, new hope. I would continue to mammoth Lakes. It was so very kind of David to … Continue reading TD 35 MP 800; July 5

Looking back on TD 34, I realize how ignorant I was .  I honestly expected lots of snow on the … Continue reading TD 34 Mp 783