Day 22 – 5/13/16
Sulphur Springs Campground 407.1 to Messenger Flats Campground 430.6
Total miles: 23.5 less a couple miles for detour
4:30 am comes fast. 5 Star and I were the only people in the campground last night. No scream queens or tent check nozzles. Our goal was to get to the Mill Creek Fire Station early so we could rest, hydrate and pack out a lot of water since we would be dry camping.
Day 21 – 5/12/16
Little Jimmy Campground 383.86 to Eagles Roost 390.2 road walk to 398 to Sulphur Springs Campground 407.1
Total miles: 6.34 + ~5 mile road walk + 9.1 = 20.44
Last night was ridiculous. At around 11:30 pm some dude screamed pretty loud. Probably from a bad dream. A couple seconds later I hear murmuring and someone says “what’s going on?” A couple minutes later some asshat with his headlamp on started walking around the campground shining it into everyone’s tent. He walks over to my tent, couches down in front of my opening, which I’ve left open, and shines his light right in my face. “What are you doing?!” I annoyingly ask. “Trying to find out who that was” he replies. He stands up and walks around for another couple minutes. I just don’t get it. 1. How the hell did he think he could figure out who yelled by waking everyone up by shining his light in everyone’s tent? 2. Why? Why even try? It was one hell, clearly someone who had a bad dream or was startled. Idiots. Idiots everywhere. Continue reading
Day 20 – 5/11/16
Guffy Campground 364.36 to Little Jimmy Campground 383.86
Total miles: 19.5
Today involved another long steep climb so 5 Star and I wanted to start early so we could get over the climb before it got too hot. We got going by 5:30 and the hungry Hobbit slept in as usual. It was 6 miles to the water source at a visitor center. Continue reading
Day 19 – 5/10/16
Cajon Pass 341.86 to Guffy campground 364.36
Total miles: 22.5 plus 1 mile road walk back to trail
Sorry, for the delay in posts. I haven’t had reliable service for a few days. Usually only while I’m hiking and I can’t stop to update since it is a bit of a process to get the pictures on here. It took a couple hours of limited service to get this day’s pictures uploaded. Unfortunately, the lack of service will continue and it’ll be days to possibly over a week once I’m in the Sierras. Rest assured dear readers that I will update as soon as I have enough service to upload my photos! Days 20 to 22 will be uploaded tomorrow when I get to the Acton KOA where I’ll be eating an extra lare pizza all by my self.
Day 18 – 5/9/16
Campsite 335.6 to Cajon Pass 341.87
Total miles: 6.27 miles
Cowboy camping was a bad choice. I couldn’t sleep at all last night and by morning my quilt was extremely wet on top. 5 Star’s quilt was wet too. I tossed and turned all night and kept worrying about how we my quilt was getting. I woke up for the hundredth time at 5:15 and decided to pack up and leave. McDonald’s is only 7 miles away! 5 Star packed up and left with me at 5:30. Continue reading
Day 17 – 5/8/16
Grassy Valley 317.96 to Small camping site 335.6
Total miles: 17.64
Rattlesnake stole all the eggs from the Hobbit.
The plan was to sleep in until at least 6:30am this morning but with the sun rising before 6, the birds chirping, and the inside of my tent a little damp from condensation I decided to get up and moving by 6 am. 5 Star and I started walking out of our camping spot that was tucked away and not visible from the trail. We passed by 4 people cowboy camping (no tent) and one person in there tent. Not sure how late they got in since they weren’t there at 7:30 pm when I fell asleep. Continue reading
Day 16 – 5/7/16
Splinters Cabin 298.5 to 317.96 Grassy Valley campsite
Total miles: 19.46
Last night before going to bed was a bit creepy. There is a parking area right by the cabin and there were several cars that came and left throughout the day. Around 4pm an Ford Expedition came and backed in to a spot so I could see the front end from the cabin. Around 6:30pm a guy and girl walk up the path and back to their truck. Then they just sat there in the truck for 45 minutes. What the heck… Then I hear the engine start but the guy turns it off after 5 seconds. They both get out and the girl sits on a big rock while the guy paces around smoking. 10 minutes later they get back in and just sit until it was well into dusk. Finally, just as its about to get dark they drive off after idling in the parking area for a few minutes. Very strange. I woke up several times throughout the night to look around and see if there were any cars. Continue reading
Day 15 – 5/6/16
Campsite 286.68 to Splinter’s Cabin 298.5
Total miles: 11.82
Today was a short day because there is a camping restriction from about 300 to 318. No camping within a mile of Deep Creek Springs. So we only had to do almost 12 miles, right before the camping restriction.
Day 14 – 5/5/16
Highway 18 266.2 to campsite 286.68
Total miles: 20.48
We got up and ready at around 5:45 so that we could get pocket up by Tami by 6:30. Unfortunately while standing outside waiting we learned that their rental car wasn’t starting for some reason. Well, looks like we are hitching.
We walked to the street and Jim dug out a shirt he had made that says “hiker to trail” on one side. We stood out there for all of 5 minutes when a guy in a mini van gave us a ride. Awesome! On our way to the trail we saw a coyote running in the dry lake bed. My first larger animal sighting. Continue reading
Day 13 – 5/4/16
Ziggy and the Bear 210.5 to Big Bear 266
0 miles hiked
Last night I slept in the backyard of Ziggy and the Bear, which is completely carpeted. There was probably close to 35 hikers all spaced out sleeping on their pads and wrapped up in their bags like little hiker burritos.
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