June 10th, 2018 Although we had a full rest day yesterday, we decided that taking another partial day to rest-up, eat, and prepare for the mountains was a good idea. We had breakfast in Kennedy Meadows at a restaurant called…
June 8th, 2018 We did a big day to get to Kennedy Meadows, the unofficial end of the desert and start of the Sierra’s. Yay! The desert has been beautiful but hot, dry, and hard. Climbing in the Sierra’s will…
June 6th, 2018 After a mostly uneventful day of hiking, we found trail angel Coppertone again (we also ran into him 4 days ago) with root beer and treats. Yum! We ended the day by doing half of a big…
June 4th, 2018 It was another hot day but we were at higher elevation so not as bad as yesterday. Still, 19 miles between water sources was difficult. We ran out of toilet paper so we had to ask another…
June 2nd, 2018 We had a big climb this morning before a lot of descending to the town of Tehachapi where we resupplied. Right at the top of the climb some people had set up trail magic that included drinks,…
May 31st, 2018 The air was very wet when we woke up, but the tent kept us dry. At the 4 mile mark we had a second round of coffee and some chocolates to prepare for a short climb. We…
May 29th, 2018 Our friend Chris, who lives in LA but works in the desert, met us for breakfast on his commute. It was perfect timing because we hadn’t yet left town. Seeing Chris was great. Then, to start off…
May 27th, 2018 Today we descended back into the desert and it got hot. We were tempted to take a low-mileage day and camp at a KOA we passed with a pool, but we decided to continue on so we…
May 25th, 2018 Today we were more tired than usual, maybe because of our big day yesterday. We had a slow morning but picked it up in the afternoon. We hitchhiked to avoid a 3-mile road walk down a trail…
May 23rd, 2018 Today we woke up in a cloud. That would have been fine, but since we cowboy camped (no tent) last night, it meant we were soaked. No problem–we stuffed our wet gear in our packs and dried…
We compiled everything we’ve learned from thousands of miles of hiking into this guide and recipe book! We hope you enjoy it!
-Renee and Tim
