Monthly Archives: June 2011

Day 030 – 6/23/11 Alt US 95 to US 95

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Distance = 28.1 Miles; Elevation Change > 430 Feet Lo Elevation = 3914; Hi Elevation = 4257 Right from the start there were three apparent problems for this day that resolved themselves with the meeting of two trail angels, the … Continue reading

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Day 029 – 6/22/11 – Virginia City to Alt. US 95

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Distance = 25.7 Miles; Elevation Change = 1940 Feet Lo Elevation = 4216; Hi Elevation = 6137 As we hike across the country I raise awareness for the issues of Housing, Health and Hunger.  I’m also on the look-out for … Continue reading

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Days 025-28 6/18-21/11 Truckee to Virginia City, NV

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Distance > 55 Miles; Elevation Change > 9400 Feet Lo Elevation = 5082; Hi Elevation > 8000 Feet We finished California during this stretch. A manager of a supermarket on the Nevada side of Tahoe warned us that Nevada would … Continue reading

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Days 021-24 6/14-17/11 Foresthill to Truckee

Distance > 70 Miles; Elevation Change = mostly up Lo Elevation = 2345 feet; Hi Elevation = 7135 We are almost done with California and will be coming out with our California newsletter, with features on Carlos de la Fuente, … Continue reading

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Day 020 – 6/13/11 Ruck a Chucky CG to Foresthills

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Distance = 15.5 Miles; Elevation Change > 5000 Feet Lo Elevation = 789; Hi Elevation = 3239 Well, we got our first good glimpse of the Sierra towards the end of the day.  A trail crew informed us today that … Continue reading

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Day 019 – 6/12/11 Robie Point to Ruck a Chucky Campground

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Distance = 15.9 Miles; Elevation Change > 4300 Lo Elevation = 550; Hi Elevation = 1910

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Day 018 – 6/11/11 Auburn to Robie Point

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Distance = 2 Miles; Elevation Change > 650 Feet Lo Elevation = 989; Hi Elevation = 1319 During our tough day yesterday we fortuitously ran into Carlos de la Fuente, who invited us to come to his home when we … Continue reading

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Day 017 – 6/10/11 – Granite Bay to Auburn

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Distance > 20 Miles; Elevation Change > 1700 Feet Lo Elevation = 467; Hi Elevation = 1354 This was one of our toughest days, aggravated by being longer than we anticipated.  Yet there is always a silver lining, such as … Continue reading

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Day 016 – 6/9/11 – Sunrise Boulevard to Granite Bay

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Distance = 14 Miles; Elevation Change > 384 Lo Elevation = 69; Hi Elevation = 501 We met many folks along this urban trail including Roger Monty, a former Norfolkian who hosted us for a couple of days and hiked … Continue reading

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Day 015 – 6/8/11 – Sacramento to Sunrise Boulevard

Distance = 20 Miles; Elevation Change > 155 feet Lo Elevation = 10; Hi Elevation = 85 All of this day was spent hiking on the American River Bikeway.  Since Teri Guida from Sacramento hosted us the previous night, and … Continue reading

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