This was our second thru-hike of the Tahoe Rim Trail.  It is a fun, short trail (165 miles) - as far as thru hikes go - and we were pleased to get the chance to hike it again.  Our friends Ace and Mtn Man were planning to do this hike, and we pretty … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 14 Total Miles: 170 We kept to our normal schedule today even though we didn’t have as many miles to hike. MountainMan made their usual morning coffee while still laying in his hammock, and we all chatted as we got packed up. It was … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 19 Total Miles: 156 It felt like today had a lot of good walking with extended views of Lake Tahoe. A few miles into the day, we came to a bench overlooking the lake where we took a break. We could see a hot air balloon on the other … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 17 Total Miles: 137 We could hear the voices of the runners going by the lake throughout the night. We realized that almost all the runners we had seen yesterday were doing the 100 mile race, and then the runners coming through this … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 18 Total Miles: 120 It was another warm morning with bright blue skies. We headed out just before 7:00am and had a pretty slow first few miles. We stopped a lot at the beginning to look at different trees and determine what kind of … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 19 Total Miles: 102 We were out of the Desolation Wilderness within a mile this morning. That pretty much corresponded to when we started walking by Upper and the Lower Echo Lakes. We have always enjoyed this stretch of trail because … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 16 Total Miles: 84 We finally had a cool night for sleeping. Previous nights have been so warm that some of us barely zip up the sleeping bag. But last night was a really pleasant temperature for sleeping. About two miles in this … [Read more...]