No alarms this morning, slept until 8 and tried to ignore reality a bit longer.  But Cyndy was hungry and there was no stopping her.  So after a couple of grunts Steve was up too and we rode off to The Big Apple (not NY) for breakfast.  Good eats and nice folks.  Then off to…

Wow, what an unremarkable day.  We rolled out of bed around 6am and ran down to eat at the continental breakfast provided by the motel.  Stuffed in as much as we could then stuffed a little bit more into our bags (Shhhh, don’t tell anyone").  Ran back to the room, made sandwiches, packed up and…

We knew today was going to be long so for the first time on this trip we set an alarm.  A brief negotiation, surrounding the breakfast place hours, resulted in a 6:15 wake up setting. As you would guess the alarm went off much too early and we did our best to ignore it.   Before…

Last night at Cold Springs around dinner time the wind laid down and I off handedly questioned “what happed to the wind”  because the breeze was pleasantly cool.  Well, I got my wish about 10 minutes later when a north east breeze freshened to about 15-20.  I didn’t think much more about it believing that…

The alarm went off “early” this morning at 6:45 so we could get a good start on the day.  The hotel had continental breakfast and we planned to over indulge.  The muffins and fresh cooked waffles were good but as has happened every other morning, it was tough getting our share of calories down.  After…

We left Genoa around 9:15 am to a warm but comfortable day.  The first few little hills seemed to take more energy than was their share,(Annette, thought of you while cruising down Jacks Valley Rd) but we made peace with the slow pace while we kept focused on the realities of our trip;  We had…

11 July 2009 A little later start than we expected as we enjoyed the serenity of the this campground’s peaceful high Sierra setting.  Alright so it wasn’t just the setting.  The sleeping mats didn’t hurt, providing that extra bit of comfort that makes dirt camping a pleasure and possibly we were still a bit sore…

July 10 2009 Soooo… Do you want the good news or the bad news!?!??! After months of planning and planning and planning, the morning of departure greets us at 5am.  We roll out of bed complete with excitement and apprehension, but with the knowledge that we have the ability, information and equipment we need to…