Author Archives: dnlangford

Day 121 – Saturday, August 9 I only went into the Sisters / Redmond area for a short afternoon and evening to visit with some old Yellowstone friends from 1979 knowing that when I made it to Mt. Hood I … Continue reading →

Day 113 – Friday, August 1 I crossed over into Oregon on Monday, July 21 and ended up doing another very long day into Ashland (35.8 miles) to the Callahan’s Mountain Lodge off Interstate 5. It was raining so that … Continue reading →

Day 96 – Tuesday, July 15 Well, I was hoping that my next blog update would have been from Ashland, Oregon but it’s not. I’m in Etna, California right now and I technically still have +/- 40 more trail miles … Continue reading →

Day 93 – Saturday, July 12 I’m currently in Shasta City in the very north end of California and things are going great on the trail! This past Thursday I broke my personal best hiking day.  I hiked 34.5 miles in a … Continue reading →

Day 85 – Friday, July 4 Happy 4th of July to all! I’m in Chester, CA right now and I decided yesterday afternoon to take a zero here today and just enjoy what’s going on in small town America on … Continue reading →

Day 68 – Tuesday, June 17 Sorry for such a long delay since I last posted.  It’s very hard to update the blog without hitting a library in town somewhere. I’m here in Bridgeport / Sonora Pass taking a day off after completing … Continue reading →

Day 56 – Thursday, June 5 The Sierras are truly a wilderness place. I’ve never hiked in an area so remote before. Communication with the outside world does not exist. If you had a problem or got hurt out here, it … Continue reading →

Day 43 – Friday, May 23 The past week has been super interesting. I went from the heat of my final days in the desert (so hot that we all took a break from 11:00 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.), to a late … Continue reading →

Day 32 – Monday, May 12 I made it to Tehachapi yesterday evening and since I’m actually a day ahead of schedule, per say, I’m going to enjoy another zero day to give my feet a badly needed rest. All is good, … Continue reading →

Day 27 – Wednesday, May 7 I’m enjoying my second zero day on the trail at the Saufleys, Hiker Heaven, in Agua Dulce at mile mark 454. I spent the past several days hiking with Coach, a retired high school science teacher from Washington, and Hemlock, who … Continue reading →