J&S triplog 5/6-9/10/02

montezumawell · Post by **montezumawell** » May 13 2002 10:19 am

(This topic was started "way" back in May when we set out on a trip that we hoped would stretch for up to six months. We posted our dayi hikes here in this topic because we were almost always working at a public library internet terminal. Time was short so this was the best method to make a "log" of sorts. Anyway, you can read through and get an idea of where we went and so on. The most recent post(s) is at the end of this topic. Our trip ended prematurely on September 10th because our house was flooded. Text below within this post is Week #1. Following that is Week #2. After that is Weeks 3 & 4; 5 & 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12, 13 & 14, 15, 16,... You get the idea. )

5/13--Posting from the Kanab Library. Here's some trail observations from the past week (5/6-5/13).
Lee's Ferry: Spencer Trail. 3 mi RT 1,500 gain. Lots of history. Great views. Drive to launch ramp and ask for directions. Goes straight up a cliff. Awesome.
Lee's Ferry: Paria Beach. A one-quarter mile sand strand. Perfect place to "hike" barefoot. The 42 degree river water is a great tonic for sore feet. Spend an hour or two!
Lee's Ferry: Cathedral Wash. Best bet to day hike down to the river. About a 300 foot loss while hiking down the wash. Some rock moves. Nothing major--people take babies down this trail. Great river beach with a noisy ripple. Nice canyon, too. Allow about 3 hours.
Near Lee's Ferry: Soap Creek. We only wnet in 90 minutes and got tired of the rock scrambling. Nice rock slides. Some small pictographs.
North Rim: We went straight for the Widforss Trail on Opening Day, May 10. Fast trail. Great 10 mile RT. A "must do." The NPS has a trail guide to make it a 5 mile RT. Costs a quarter. Super treadway. Awesome forest. Allow -5 hours. Saw only 22 people.
North Rim: Uncle Jim Trail. Nice 5 mile "loop" as you hike some of the Ken Patrick out and back. Mules do this trail.
Allow 3 hours. We saw 4 people on a Saturday
North Rim: We also did a portion of the N. Kaibab, the paved stroll to Bright Angel Point, a portion of the Point Imperial terminus of Ken Patrick and a little bit of the East RIm ViewPoint trail out on the forest. Camped outside the park to save the $$$.
This morning hiked the Squaw Trail in Kanab. 3.5 mi RT, 600 foot gain. Nice way to enjoy the Vermilion Cliffs here.
More next week. Happy Trails!

J&S Out there somewhere

Randy · Post by **Randy** » May 13 2002 11:02 am

J&S: Be sure to come back.... Don't do an Everett Reuss; but be sure to give him our best if you see him.

Of course if the internet had been around then, Everett would have had to come back, to post a trail description on HAZ and qualify for a T-shirt

-Randy

Mike · Post by **Mike** » May 13 2002 11:41 am

You guys are making the rest of us jealous, you know!

Glad you got to do Widforss, that's an awesome hike!

montezumawell · Post by **montezumawell** » May 21 2002 10:52 am

Writing today from an old Carnegie Library in Beaver, Utah. It's one of the best remaining examples of a smalltown Carnegie. Not "re-muddled" like so many have been. Blazing FAST internet. Fastest we know of in these parts. Done with Utah. Heading out into Nevada today. Maybe Great Basin NP. Temps dropped 25 degrees overnight. Maybe snow over there. Winds gusting to 60 mph last night. Not using the trail log because our time on this terminal is limited. Bryce is a day hiker's paradise. You can walk to all the Bryce Amphitheater Trails from the Sunset CG. $10/night. Check it out! Here's the daily log for the last week. Thanks for the kind comments. You folks are the GREATEST! Joe, the site looks awesome. The daily changes are neat enough but when we only get a chance once a week or so to look at it we are practically stunned with all the great improvements you keep adding. Awesome. Next update probably in Tonopah or Bishop. Who knows? Happy Trails!

John and Susun
The Rolling Rimrocks

5/20--Chimney Rock Trail. Capitol Reef NP. 4 mi +/- 1:45 500 ft.
Approaching cold front. High winds. Great views of Boulder and 1000 Lakes Mtns. Saw only 4 other hikers.

5/19- #1: Red Canyon from Sunglow CG near Bicknell 1.5 mi 1:00
300 ft.Great spring in the Chinle Formation. Box cyn ends at 300 foot dryfall. Plunge pool littered with enormous round basalt boulders from elsewhere above.
#2: CoHab Canyon in Capitol Reef NP. 3 mi +/- 1:30 350 ft. Great place to admire weird erosion. Switchbacks offer great views of Fruita Valley and Capitol Reef along Utah 24.

5/18- Terrace Loop Trail in Pleasant Creek Basin on east flank of Boulder Mtn. 7 mi. 4:45 1,100 ft. Great aspen forest. Sweeping views of Waterpocket Fold. Three creeks. Many marmots, deer.

5/17- Explore Wildcat Trail to Terrace Loop junction. 2 mi 1:00 500 ft. (Location: Wildcat Guard Station along Utah 12 approx. 10 mile from Torrey.)

5/16-(Bryce)From Bryce CG along Rim Trail to Bryce Point, down to Peek-A-Boo junction, turn right, goto Navajo Trail, up Wall Street and return to CG. 7 mi. 5:00 600 ft.

5/15-(Bryce)From CG to Sunset Pt along RIm Trail to Fairyland Loop and Fairyland Pt, return via Rim Trail and back to CG. 11 mi. 5:30 600 ft.

5/14-(Bryce)#1: From CG to Navajo Loop/Wall Street and return to CG. 2.5 mi 2:00 500 ft.
#2: From CG to Navajo Loop/Wall Street and return to CG. 2.5 mi 1:20 500 ft.

5/13 to 5/6--see initial message.

PS--If you want any info on any of these trails, post a PM and we will reply next week or so. THX. jp/sm

snow22_5150 · Post by **snow22_5150** » May 21 2002 1:44 pm

Ditto to that Mike! :roll:

Sure can't wait till I get to do all that!

montezumawell · Post by **montezumawell** » Jun 03 2002 4:37 pm

Well, we haven't been able to update this file for awhile. Finding "good internet" is harder than we thought it would be. The Bishop, CA, library, for example, limits you to 30 minutes. There's a ga-zillion people using it. Updating something like this is just not possible. Some of the other libraries we found are so slow is like torture to use their terminals. We did find a great connection in Lee Vining with a view of Mono Lake but we were in a hurry to get a camp near Tuolumne Meadows before dark. Oh, well.

Anyway, here's the log for the last couple of weeks:
5/21-Baker Creek Cut-Off Loop in Great Basin Nat'l Park +800 feet, 3-4 miles 2:00. It was snowing and there was 6-10 inches of new snow on the ground. Got down to 21 that night.
5/22-Tyee Lake in John Muir Wilderness along Bishop Creek. +600 feet 2 miles 1:15. It was late in the day and getting dark or we would have hiked longer.
5/23-Sand Canyon MTB Trail +500 feet 4 miles 2:30
5/24-Tamarack Laake in John Muir Wilderness +1300 feet 10 miles 6:00
5/25-Rock Creek Lake Loop (2 times) flat, 3 mi 1:30
5/26-Little Lakes Valley in John Muir Wilderness to Chicken Foot Lake +500 6 miles 5:00. Lots of snowpack. Long Lake and lakes above totally frozen.
5/27-Buttermilk Boulders outside of Bishop +300 feet 2 miles 1:00
5/28-Hot Creek Geologic Area outside of Mammoth. Half mile :30
Also Convict Lake Loop, flat, 3 miles 1:15
5/29-Sherwin Creek Trail outside of Mammoth +800 feet 4 miles 2:00
5/30-Glen Aulin Trail along Tuolumne River in Yosemite NP to first foot bridge. 300 feet +/- 9 miles 6:00 Incredible waterfalls in Grand Canyon of Tuolumne!
5/31-Yosemite Valley, tourist hikes to Bridalveil & Yosemite Falls. Also much walking around the Valley. That place is a ZOO! flat, 3 miles 3:00
6/1-Lewis Creek Trail to Corlieu Falls 1.75 miles +300 feet 1:00 Westfall Forest Roads .75 mile :40
6/2 Bull Buck Tree Trail in Nelder Grove of Sierra Forest 1.5 mile, flat 2:00

Right now we are in the North Fork, CA, public library trying to find out where the "exact geographical center" of California is located. Everyone says it is near North Fork but no one seems to know where the marker is located. We waiting for it to cool off today to hike up Goat Mountain overlooking Bass Lake in the Sierra foothills.

Next update will probably be form Sacramento.
During May we day hiked a tad over 120 miles in five National Park units and six National Forests.

Well, that's about it! Happy Trails.

J&S--The Rolling Rimrocks

BoyNhisDog · Post by **BoyNhisDog** » Jun 03 2002 6:28 pm

Totally Awesome!

ck_1 · Post by **ck_1** » Jun 03 2002 6:54 pm

The Rolling Rimrocks are MONSTERS! 8O They've done more hiking than the rest of us combined! God I'm jealous! :verymad:

Good for you guys !!!!

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Jun 03 2002 6:57 pm

You guys better be taking a bunch of pictures!

olesma · Post by **olesma** » Jun 03 2002 9:16 pm

Is it just me? Suddenly I have this terrific desire to either be retired or to win the lottery and be able to retire now - just so I can do a trip like that. My goodness. Lucky suckers.

ck_1 · Post by **ck_1** » Jun 03 2002 11:20 pm

Another option is to be a teacher...my wife and I have a big road trip planned this summer...look for a post soon soliciting suggestions for trails and such along our route...

I wouldn't mind being retired though....

I've got a while to wait.

Snick33 · Post by **Snick33** » Jun 04 2002 7:03 am

John D McDonald, who wrote the Travis McGee series of mysteries had the best idea for retirement. He thought people should retire at the age of 40 but go back to work at the age of 65 and work until they die.

evenstarx3 · Post by **evenstarx3** » Jun 04 2002 1:37 pm

Snick33 wrote:go back to work at the age of 65 and work until they die.

Snick, being as how I'll be 65 in a month and a couple of days, I think John D. McDonald's idea really

SUCKS

Though I do miss Travis McGee!

snow22_5150 · Post by **snow22_5150** » Jun 06 2002 2:50 pm

I can't wait for retirement. You guys really are making us all jealous!!! Hope you are taking tons of pics! I would love to take a look at all of them.

Randy · Post by **Randy** » Jun 06 2002 4:45 pm

You gather no moss....I just got an invite to join an old east coast hiking bud for hiking stuff in and around Zion June 15-18. I'm thinking of taking the shortcut up by way of Mexican Hat, Hite, Hanksville, Torrey, Escalante and Bryce. If you or Everett Reuss have any suggestions on stops along that route, either of you please pm me. -R

ps- will you be back by the Chili shindig?

Sande J · Post by **Sande J** » Jun 06 2002 10:39 pm

Ok you Rolling Rimrocks....send us a rain cloud if ya got one over there. Those leg muscles must be getting strong. Might have to find some snow on an incline to hike on, eh?
Now the true road warrior test would be to see you fly in for the Chili Shindig and back out the next day filing a new hiking report.
Have fun out there and may the trail gods bless you.
Sande J

joebartels · Post by **joebartels** » Jun 07 2002 2:56 pm

J&S are out in a little town near :P Santa Cruz :P It's a little farming community that grows world reknown "Garlic!" I wish I was there right now!

Anyhow, I was going to put their mini album together on one page but get this... Walmart has some really good software out there. 8O Go figure! I can't pull the photos from their site! So here's the links

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montezumawell · Post by **montezumawell** » Jun 16 2002 9:05 am

Here is the hike log for the past two weeks. It differs from the previous weeks in that we end the week on Saturday instead of Sunday so it's 13 days instead of 14. Since the last update in North Fork, we've passed through Oakhurst, Mariposa, Merced, Los Banos, Hollister, San Juan Bautista, Watsonville, Santa Cruz, Cupertino, Saratoga, Boulder Creek, Salinas, Monterey, Big Sur, Gilroy and Galt to get to Sloughouse to visit relatives.
When we arrived on the coast we realized we did so with only 70 miles of Interstate driving between Richfield and Beaver, Utah. Biggest town enroute was Merced.
Highlight of last two weeks has been California State Parks. They're awesome and affordable. Probably leaving Sloughouse on Tuesday. Will be heading up to Red Bluff and then the Snow Mtn. Wilderness in the Mendocino Nat'l Forest. Next update will probably be in Mad River or Bridgeville, California, next week around this time.
We sure appreciate your comments posted to this topic--they make us feel "right at home" even though we're kinda far away. By the time we finally reach the Olympic Peninsula it will probably have taken us 2-3 months to get there. Last time we drove up there it was 2.5 days! Sure hope the rains come and help open the forests soon. Sounds like you all are getting "cabin fever" in a big way! Pray for rain and Happy Trails.
J&S in Sloughouse, CA.
PS--Sloughouse got its name in 1847 when someone built a structure "out in the sloughs." It's on the Consumnes River, the only undammed river draining the Western Sierras. There are little wetlands everywhere and good remnants of the oak forests that were once the dominant ecosystem of Cal's Central Valley. Our relatives have a big flock of wild Canadian geese "oversummering" in their frontyard pond. Neat stuff.

6/3-Bass Lake Logging Roads to Goat Mtn. +500 3.0 mi. 1:30
Interesting Sierra foothills vegetation. Horrible mosquitos!
6/4-Mariposa River Parkway (flat) 2.0 mi. 1:00
Nice old gold rush era town. Wish we had more time for this one.
6/5-Fremont Peak +800 2.0 mi 1:20 Sunset Beach (flat) 1.5 mi :53
Clear day-great view of Monterey Bay from the peak. Neat history, too.
Sunset State Beach has strawberry fields right up to the fence line!
6/6-Sunset Beach/Pajaro Dunes (flat) 5.0 mi 2:30
Very unpopulated beach.. Walking in loose sand. Missed low tide.
6/7-DeAnza College grounds (flat) 2.0 mi 1:00
Nice community college in Cupertino--home of Apple
6/8-Big Basin Redwoods State Park (flat+/-) 5.0 mi 3:00
Best trails we've ever hiked!
6/9-Big Basin Redwoods 1: (flat+/-) 2.0 mi 1:00 2: +500 4.5 mi 2:00
This place is awesome and only $12 a night.
6/10-Big Basin Redwoods 2.0 mi (flat +/-) 1:00
Sure hope the trails in Heaven are this good.
6/11-Salinas Costco 1.5 mi :30; Big Sur River & Beach 5.0 mi 3:00
The Costco "hike" was insurance in case we couldn't find anything else.
Andrew Molera State Park @ Big Sur River is fantastic. Bluff trail was covered with six different wild flowers. We could see and hear the seals playing on rocks below.
6/12-Big Sur State Park +500 5.0 mi 3:00
Hiked a combination of 3 trails to a waterfall. Ga-zillions of ferns & shamrocks.
6/13-Elk Grove County Park (flat) 2.0 mi 1:00
"Any port in a storm" Nice park but highway noise deafening.
6/14-Consumnes River Preserve (flat) 3.5 mi. 2:30
What a surprise. A Nature Conservancy property. Real educational.
6/15-Volkssport YRE: Sacramento Downtown (flat) 7.0 mi 3:00
Surprise sleeper hike. Made urban walking fun. Would do it again.

Well, if you've read this far you're a real "trooper!"
So you might like to look at some pictures?

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jeremy77777 · Post by **jeremy77777** » Jun 16 2002 11:14 am

My envy is too much!

montezumawell · Post by **montezumawell** » Jun 26 2002 8:30 am

Well, as promised, here's Week #7. We are emailing from Mad River, California, population 25. This little bergette is a LONG 2.5 hour drive west of Red Bluff on a road that is double yellow lined practically 99% of its distance. We were both dizzy from all of the curves by the time we got here. We will be hiking a National Recreational Trail along the South Fork of the Trinity River later today, then driving up to Trinity Lake and off to Mt. Shasta for the weekend. Our hearts go out to all those unlucky people in the Heber-Showlow disater. It's major frontpage news in every paper over here. It's ironic. In February, we hiked a portion of the HOrton Trail and we talked a lot about whether it would be the last time we'd see it like that. Now, with the fire heading west, it's possible all those wonderful trails there will be toast. We sure pray they will be spared!

OK, last week:

6/16-Clay Station Road (flat) 2.0 mi :45
Terrible place to walk but lots of adrenalin from all the crazy drivers!
Planned on walking longer that day but we figured our lives were a little more important.
6/17-Elk Grove Vollkssport (flat) 7.0 2:30
See Volkssport topic for more ino
6/18-Galt Volkssport & HS track (flat) 4.0 2:00
Ditto
6/19-Lake Red Bluff Trail (flat) 2.75 1:00 Also, Mill Creek Falls, Lassen Nat'l Park (+/- 300') 3.32 1:45. Red Bluff is an urban trail along the Sacramento River, Mill Creek Falls is a "yippee" trail!
6/20-Lassen Peak, Lassen Nat'l Park (+2000'+) 5.0 mi. 5:15
Lots of snow so it slowed the hike. Great old CCC trail. Nice clear day with great views of Mt. Shasta. Watched some skiiers who hiked to the top to launch off. Heck of a way to start "official" summer.
6/21-Mill Creek Falls (+/-300') This is a great hike through big hillslopes of wildflowers to a falls which drops roughly 80-100 feet. On both hikes we were the only ones on the trail. Great treadway, too. That's why we yelled "yippee" when we first hiked it.
6/22-Snow Mtn Wilderness (Mendocino Nat'l Forest) West Crockett Trail. 4.0 mi 2:00. Long story why we went over there. Trail sucked. Signage nonexistent. Next to burned area. We lost interest real fast. Maybe a 300-400' gain/loss.

That's about it, enjoy your Chile Shindig--sure wish we could be there, too!
J&S @ Mad River.

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