Video: Just another peaceful night in the Sierra (Rosalie Lake). Among the many unlooked-for treasures that are bound up and hidden away in the depths of Sierra solitudes, none more surely charm and surprise all kinds of travelers than the glacier … [Read more...] about HIKING THE JOHN MUIR TRAIL: Day 6
John Muir Trail
HIKING THE JOHN MUIR TRAIL: Day 5
Passing through It always seems impossible until it’s done. —Nelson Mandela This is a continuing series about a mother-and-daughter thru-hike on the John Muir Trail in the Sierra Nevada Mountains from July 19 to August 13, 2015. Other installments may be read … [Read more...] about HIKING THE JOHN MUIR TRAIL: Day 5
HIKING THE JOHN MUIR TRAIL: Day 4
Rain and more rain Enlightenment isn't found on a full stomach or on a soft pillow... —Conrad Anker The first three days of this mother-and-daughter journey took place in the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne, but this will be written about in … [Read more...] about HIKING THE JOHN MUIR TRAIL: Day 4
Water under the bridge
A 26-day mother-and-daughter backpacking trip along the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River in Yosemite National Park and onto the John Muir Trail to its terminus on top of Mount Whitney in Sequoia National Park provided much in the way of scenery. … [Read more...] about Water under the bridge