Probably Beardoh's best night of sleep on the trail last night. He didn't wake up once through the night. He tried just using his head net for bug protection as he headed towards sleep. Got up at the usual time and with Sweetpea's typical … [Read more...]

Got out on the trail by 6:45 this morning.  The trail was not very interesting this morning, but the highlight was meeting TRT hikers we had seen on the other side of the lake.  We spent a good bit of time talking with them and heard about some other … [Read more...]

Not a great night sleep for Beardoh last night.  He woke up at about 3 and didn't fall back to sleep till around 4:30.  We had bought some yoghurts and oatmeal at the grocery store the day before, so we had breakfast in our motel room with some … [Read more...]

Got an early start after a good night's sleep.  It is always nice to wake up to blue skies.  Shortly after getting on the trail, we came to Painted Rocks which has really nice views of nearby mountains.  We commented that we should camp there the … [Read more...]

Beautiful night last night. The moon was close or near full and show brightly over the mountains in the other side of the Tahoe Basin Rim...the woods was lit up nicely and it was a nice sight to fall asleep to and wake up to in the middle of the … [Read more...]

Got on the trail by 6:30 this morning.  We realized shortly after starting that we were only a quarter mile from camping legally. The trail in the morning was the busiest by far.  A combination of it being a Saturday and an even day (bikers are … [Read more...]

Another good day with lots of miles, several deer (one of which was walking close behind me), a bear, views of the lake and a dry campsite.  Some drops of rain over night...not much, just enough to flip our tarps over us. Pretty warm night. So far … [Read more...]