Category Archives: Brain Health

Knowledge and wisdom about brain health gained from providing long term caregiving, long distance journeying and neuroscience.

Day 032 – 6/25/11 Sand Springs to Middlegate Station

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Distance > 25.5 Miles; Elevation Change > 1650 Feet Lo Elevation = 3954; Hi Elevation = 4642 The entire day involved hiking on US 50, the loneliest highway in America.  There is not much to report on, except for a … Continue reading

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Day 031 – 6/24/11 US 95 to US 50

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Distance > 21 Miles; Elevation Change > 200 Feet Lo Elevation = 3916; Hi Elevation > 400 We started out hiking on the wrong side of the fence, by a marsh south of Carson Lake, quite a contrast to the … Continue reading

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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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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 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 Bike Trail.  Since Teri Guida from Sacramento hosted us the previous night, … Continue reading

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