Day 0, Saturday Aug 13, 2022. SamSam picked me up in Denver and we rolled out on 70 westbound. A couple stops were had, at the City Market in Grand Junction to get some last minute goodies, and an impromptu pre-dinner stop at McDs for the advertised chocolate pretzel Mcflurrys. We rolled into a campsiteContinue reading “Weminuche High Route, or an attempt”
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San Juan Splendor- Late summer in Colorado’s Southwest Mountains
Friday, September 24, 2021Post-PCT I was in communication with my buddy Whistler who I had met in 2017 when I first tried to hike the PCT. He finished the PCT that year choosing to flip to the Canada border and hike south while I opted to do some other mountain stuff that summer after weContinue reading “San Juan Splendor- Late summer in Colorado’s Southwest Mountains”
Days 82-89
Day 89, August 28, mile 2368.7-2394.2, 25.5miWoke up to sun and a clear day!! Not a cloud in the sky. I woke up just before the sun popped over the horizon and had a gorgeous view east with some tall jagged peaks sticking out. As I hiked along I also had some good views ofContinue reading “Days 82-89”
Days 65-75
Day 75, August 4, To mile 1925, ~25-30miEd, Dreamcatcher, and I woke up at the Whitefish Horse Campground. I think we all slept poorly with horses being somewhat active sorta near us I kept waking up to animal noises which were the horses. We had coffee from the wonderful trail angels RV Keurig machine. WhatContinue reading “Days 65-75”
Days 21-29
Day 29: June 20, mile 693.5- 702.2, 6.7 miles I was up early and ready to head into town! I started hiking in this beautiful basin with some granitic peaks around me. It was really starting to feel like the Sierra Nevadas, yeehaw!! I hiked to the road and headed into the general store. IContinue reading “Days 21-29”
Days 17-21
Day 21: June 12, mile 471.4- 502.4, 31 milesI was the first one out of camp in the morning and hiked about 7.5 miles by myself to the fire station above green valley. I hung out at a water cache for half an hour before a few other hikers arrived. We were getting ready toContinue reading “Days 17-21”
PCT Days 12-16
Day 16: June 7th mile 367-369.3, 2.3miWe slept in until the sun was too in our faces, crawled out of bed and lazily packed up. We hiked the 2 miles to the highway crossing and caught a hitch into town. We had a wonderful big breakfast after stopping at the hiker friendly hardware store. WeContinue reading “PCT Days 12-16”
PCT DAYS 9-11
Day 11: June 2nd. Mile 250.5-266.1, 15.6milesI missed my alarm again this morning and woke up an hour after. That’s fine, I was headed into town anyways. I was 15mi out from the road crossing and packed up and set off. I enjoyed the big cedars, tall ponderosa pines, and the cool mountain air. AContinue reading “PCT DAYS 9-11”
San Diego Trans-County Trail: Round two
Day 1 (part 2), 25 miles, 3/21/20 My dad dropped me off where I got off trail two months ago, on the side of sunrise highway, mile 77 of the SDTCT. I started hiking around 930 in the morning. Immediately, I missed an intersection though I was oblivious for 20 minutes. In order to notContinue reading “San Diego Trans-County Trail: Round two”
San Diego Trans-county Trail, 77 miles
Day 1, 22 miles. 1/17/21 Today I started hiking the San Diego Trans-County Trail, from the Salton Sea to Torrey Pines. Today I set off just after 11am, after caching water in a couple places on the drive out. The first 19 miles are along Arroyo Salada, a wash that’s also an OHV route. StartingContinue reading “San Diego Trans-county Trail, 77 miles”
Samuel D. Parks 