Flowers on Relay Peak
Thursday, June 24, 2021 9:14 pm
Location: Campsite 45.7 (45.7 miles)

The easiest way to get a hiker to move faster is to have it rain on them.

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Mules Ear
Wednesday, June 23, 2021 9:21 pm
Location: Campsite 31.8 (31.8 miles)

Our third day on trail was a long slow climb, part of one of the longest uphill stretches on the Tahoe Rim Trail.

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Morning Forest
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 9:44 pm
Location: Campsite 22.2 (22.2 miles)

Today was a much better day of hiking for CareFree and myself, and we exceeded our distance goal, though we were quite tired out from the effort.

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Longstride and CareFree at Mile 0
Monday, June 21, 2021 7:20 pm
Location: Painted Rock (7.6 miles)

Today was our first day on the Tahoe Rim Trail, and our first visit back to the Sierra since a short vacation in 2019. The mountains are still calling, and who are we to not go?

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Sunday, June 20, 2021 10:05 pm
Location: Reno, NV

We don’t start hiking the Tahoe Rim Trail until tomorrow, but that made today quite busy: we needed to get from home in Maryland to Reno, Nevada, an intermediate destination on the way to Tahoe City, California, to start our hike.

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