Saturday, June 23, 2018 11:26 pm
Location: South Lake Tahoe / Mellow Mountain Hostel

Today was a nice, relaxed day in South Lake Tahoe.

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Snow Plant
Friday, June 22, 2018 10:48 am
Location: US 50 / South Lake Tahoe / Mellow Mountain Hostel (1090.7 miles)

It was a very short 3.5 mile hike downhill for Quoi and I from our campsite to the road into South Lake Tahoe.

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The Nipple
Thursday, June 21, 2018 6:38 pm
Location: Campsite 1087.2 (1087.2 miles)

Quoi and I began our third 20+ mile day in a row at 7 am. The literal (elevation) high point of the trail for the day was along the side of The Nipple, a pair of mountains with rock formations on their peaks that, from a distance, look like nipples. Naturally, Quoi and I made no end of off-color jokes.

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Kinney Reservoir
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 8:48 pm
Location: Campsite 1066.7 (1066.7 miles)

It was warm last night, but that didn’t seem to help me get started any more quickly; Quoi and I left camp after 7.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2018 8:44 pm
Location: Campsite 1046.1 (1046.1 miles)

Quoi and I didn’t actually set a departure time for today, until around 2 am when she accidentally woke me up when she was going to the bathroom. I found it rather amusing that she managed to wake me up doing something quiet and mundane, but didn’t when she was intentionally making noise to scare off deer.

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