Feb 5, 2019 | Oregon Desert Trail
Low clouds on the horizon as the storm passed on I dedicate the post to Dale Gerber, who I know had been faithfully enjoying these posts and waiting for this final entry on the ODT At 4:00 in the morning I awoke to the sound of rain pounding down on the thin layer of...
Jan 23, 2019 | Oregon Desert Trail
The pine forest we had slept in was so warm when we woke up it was easy to get out of my bag and get going for the day. I had slept in our prototype tent per Ron’s request and I must say I was very impressed with the amount of space it had how easy it went up last...
Jan 23, 2019 | Oregon Desert Trail
We woke up in the sage bushes by the road and made coffee and prepared for the days walking. We all commented on how loud and close the coyotes were last night, then we all commented on how bright the moon was last night, then finally we all admitted we slept like...
Jan 22, 2019 | Oregon Desert Trail
We decided to sleep in a little bit today, we knew we had to continue with the cross country across Diablo Rim and we all decided to do so in the darks a bad idea. As the sun started to give the terrain some texture we all set off on our next leg of the trail. Like...
Dec 27, 2018 | Oregon Desert Trail
Swept Away and Salty walking along Diablo Rim Brice along the Colorado Trail at age 88 In life, you meet people who become personal hero’s and touch you in ways that make you not only change your life but change it for the better. Brice Hammock was that man to me and...
Dec 27, 2018 | Oregon Desert Trail
Long before daylight we all woke and performed our daily rituals of brewing up some hot water for coffee, consuming calories as best we could, and packing up. There was a collective sense of immediacy for breaking camp and getting on with our hike, we knew if we...
