In the distance, a lone figure trots forward. Nothing special, we are on a popular hiking trail after all. ‘Who’d walk without hiking poles?’ Coyote wonders, after we see the woman ...

Back to business. First up, cleaning our packs and recharching devices. Then, getting breakfast and resupply for the next section. The place we were recommended by Mac the previous day was closed ...

Big Bear kind of blows, there, I’ve said it. It doesnt even have real bears. We started the day hiking a brisk 20 miles, slightly downhill. On the way we crossed Daddy Longlegs, Gnome, Tommyhawk ...

Being in the desert here means being under the treeline. A weird concept as I didn’t think there could be anything underneath it. Anyway, that was our goal today, climbing to the treeline. Chris ...

I woke up and it wasn’t cold, a novelty. As we hiked the valley between the San Jacinto mountains and Whitewater preserve, we got our first taste of real desert heat. The bridge of the I10 ...

Goodbye San Jacinto mountains! the desert beckoned us down and out of the shade of the towering trees, back into the searing sun. The descent was arduous and endless. My muscles ached and my feet were ...

Even though saying goodbye is an inevitable part of any journey, it still stung leaving so many friends behind. Due to how the trail is structured, it was possible to get to Idyllwild in two ways. the ...

Back to town! Idyllwild was the place this time. Based on the name, Coyote and I had expected the place to be populated by elves living in houses in giant trees. Upon arriving, there were neither ...

So tired. What an eventful day. We left the sandy desert behind for now and headed up into the san jacinto mountains, the first real test of endurance on this journey. Records were broken today: our ...