Freedom of Ultralight–COCC Community Education Slides ONLINE: The Packable Lifehttps://www.thepackablelife.com/hiking/gear/ultralight-backpacking-gear REI Ultralight Backpackinghttps://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/ultralight-backpacking.html CleverHiker Ultralight Backpacking Basicshttps://www.cleverhiker.com/blog/ultralight-backpacking-basics CleverHiker Lightweight Backpacking Basics Video Serieshttps://www.cleverhiker.com/lightweight-gear-basics Gearplanning Spreadsheethttps://blackwoodspress.com/blog/2755/backpacking-gear-planner-2/ BOOKS Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, Washington: Section Hiking from the Columbia River to Manning Park. Asars, Tami, 2017Barber Library 2nd Floor GV199.42.W2 P343 Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, OregonContinue reading “Ultralight Resources:”
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Spring Break, March 2022
Filling in the gaps–Tehachapi to Walker Pass on the PCT Early last summer we skipped the 80+ mile Tehachapi to Walker Pass leg on the PCT since it was more than 100 degrees at the time–with long water carries–and a little too edgy for us. Spring break this year seemed to be a perfect timeContinue reading “Spring Break, March 2022”
Tehachapi Public Library
Kern County Library Systemhttps://www.facebook.com/tehachapilibrary/ Demographics—city: Population: 12753Median Household Income: $46,823.00Median Age: 37.6Median Property Value: $196,400.00Poverty Rate: 22.3% The 5 largest ethnic groups in Tehachapi are: white and Hispanic. White (Non-Hispanic): 65.4%White (Hispanic): 37.9%Two+ (Non-Hispanic) : 3.5%Asian (Non-Hispanic): 0.1%Black or African American (Non-Hispanic): 1.4%Native: 1.7% Questions: Andrea Mason Branch Supervisor Has been in position two or soContinue reading “Tehachapi Public Library”
Summing up…
Overview: In August, 2020 we pondered what to do with our time. COVID decimated our usual summer musical plans, and we had Freddy’s high school graduation and Matt’s college graduation to celebrate. We ended up hiking most of the Oregon PCT. From April 29th to Sept. 2nd, 2021 the PCT was once again our fall-backContinue reading “Summing up…”
Week Seventeen-ish
August 25th to Sept. 2nd! Aug 25th: Headed up to Trout Lake in WA with the two vehicles (to leave the truck at Forest Rd 23) and by the time we got ourselves back to Cascade Locks (on the OR/WA border) it was late afternoon already. We met two volunteers with the Trail Keepers ofContinue reading “Week Seventeen-ish”
How Can I Keep From Singing
All photos from the Road 24 to Road 23 section of the WA PCT–all dappled and green and gold and gorgeous as I treaded along in the late afternoon, moved with this song in my heart.
Weeks Fifteen and Sixteen-ish
August 11th to August 24! Wednesday, August 11We shuttled both vehicles up from Shasta to the Mt. Ashland area. Our goal was to navigate forest roads to get as close to the California/Oregon border as possible. The one “developed” forest road was hair-raising–probably constituting one of the top three scary experiences on the trail (fireContinue reading “Weeks Fifteen and Sixteen-ish”
Mt. Shasta Library
https://www.mtshastalibrary.org/ Demographics—city:https://datausa.io/profile/geo/mount-shasta-ca#demographics Population: 3275 (Zipcode 96760—more like 7000)Median Household Income: $35,547.00Median Age: 57.5Median Property Value: $246,300 The largest ethnic groups in Mt.Shasta City are: White, Hispanic/Latino, African-American: White (Non-Hispanic): 83.4%White (Hispanic): 11.2%Black or African American (Non-Hispanic): 1.53% Language spoken at home other than English: 3.89% Questions: How do they describe the community of Mt. Shasta?Continue reading “Mt. Shasta Library”
Weeks Thirteen and Fourteen-ish
July 29th to August 10th! The 30 mile hike from Barker Pass to Donner Pass was successful! We planned for three days to accommodate my knee, but did it in two 15 mile days. We met several Sobo (southbound) hikers who kindly let us know we were late heading north as well as several veryContinue reading “Weeks Thirteen and Fourteen-ish”
Weeks Eleven and Twelve-ish
Sunday, July 18th, to Thursday, July 29th Well, I don’t even remember all the things we did Sunday, July 18th–drove cars around the Ebbetts fire (driving through some very intense smoke), stayed at Fallen Leaf Lake campground near Tahoe, and finally, finally got back out on the trail on Monday, July 19th–hiking from Echo LakeContinue reading “Weeks Eleven and Twelve-ish”
Three and Some Trees 