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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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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
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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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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Distance = 15.9 Miles; Elevation Change > 4300 Lo Elevation = 550; Hi Elevation = 1910
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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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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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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
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, and we would be staying with Roger Monty who once lived in Norfolk in the evening, we slack packed the day. The stand out tree along the bikeway were cottonwoods.
DT Cottonwood “cotton” and leaf
ADT American River Bikeway
The night before I had a good talk with Gordon about some of the problems our country faces with civic involvement and that helped me prepare for the talk at the Lions Club luncheon. There were about ten Lions there … Continue reading
