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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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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 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 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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Day 008 – 6/1/11 – Junction Campground to Contra Loma Park

Distance = 22 Miles; Elevation Change > 7600 feet Lo Elevation = 141; Hi Elevation = 3408 The day started out well.  A radio station from Maryland phoned me for a half hour interview.  It was 7:00 a.m. our time … Continue reading

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Day 002 – 5/26/11 – Randall Trailhead, CA Route 1 to Pantoll CG

Distance = 13.3 miles; Elevation Change > 1730 feet Lo Elevation = 410; Lo Elevation = 1838 We started off going through forests of large cedars and hemlock.  That was followed by traversing for miles across open meadows in an … Continue reading

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