Hwy 88 toward Nevada border

Walked on down the mountain towards Nevada now only 15 miles ahead on hwy 88. It was a nice walk stopped and ate at a great place http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/photo-hope-valley-sorensen-s-resort.html there is a nice place to eat there, great food. Then proceeded on down the hill stopped for a bit in the town of Woodford and looked in the general store which had a bar inside and picnic tables to eat at .We then continued on down the mountain finally reaching the Semi-arid land that is typical of Nevada for a total of 10 miles. Found 1 cent on this walk.

Hwy 88, Kit Carson

Walked today starting at Kit Carson pass where there were lots of signs saying not to walk on the road ahead because of avalanche possibilities. But of course I could not read and proceeded down the road at a hurried pace. There were lots of small snowballs rolling down towards me at various times but I was much more concerned about getting run down than snow as the road was narrow and full of ice. I walked the first 3 miles as fast as I could , to get to a point of safety. Walked 8 miles that day. Saw a lot of snowmobiles and gorgeous scenery on snow covered hwy 88. Found no money today.

Kit Carson

Walked another 8 miles today at about 9000 feet with my friend Timmy. He weights 129 lbs and is 5'11" so needless to say he was walking circles around me. I'm huffing and puffing and he isn't even breathing heavy. We walked finally ending up at Kit Carson summit on hwy 88. There was a lot of snow around which made for excellent mountain top views. There were trees up there that looked like this http://globaltreearchives.org/images/bristle_cone_pine_n4pf.jpg not sure perhaps someone out there knows. Did not find any money on this walk.

Walking with old time Friend Ron

4/15/10 Ron a long time friend walked with me today. He has diabetes and is carrying an additional 50 pounds so he took it easy . We are still at around the 8 thousand foot elevation. Just reached the silver lake dam on hwy 88. something around 23 miles to the Nevada border. Once there I plan to turn south on 395 towards Topaz lake. It was a quiet walk not much traffic and enough room to walk. Did about 8 miles total. Did not find any money on this walk.

Hwy 88 close to Nevada Border

4/09/10 Today Alex and I walked along hwy 88 there was not a lot of room along the side of the road because of all the heavy snow. Had to take it slower to miss being run down. We were at the 8000 ft elevation. Very beautiful with so much snow, saw a frozen lake. For the first time on my walk a person pulled over and asked if I needed a ride, I guess I did not look so scary to them. It was a nice gesture I thought. Also for the first time a Ranger pulled over and asked if I needed a ride which was also very nice, thank you both. Did not find any money on this walk.

Mormon Emigrant Trail

Amal and I along with Alex walked a rather steep 5 miles up the Mormon Emigrant trail, which is a paved road until we reached the heavy snow line. The next walk looks like will be over the mountain in heavy snow and we will need to camp out overnight as its a 15 mile walk on snow shoes and I don't think I can walk that far on those shoes in one day. We found a sight of an motorcycle accident in 1989 that had large white crosses and the burned melted engine mounted on a stone pedestal from one of the bikes. It was made into a memorial. It was very touching. We found no money on this walk.

HWY 50 to Mormon Emigrant Trail

Jackie and I took off from near hwy 50 on sly park road and walked a onto a network of dirt roads called Park Creek rd. for a total of about 7 miles. For the length of the entire distance we saw no one else. The forest was beautiful and the weather cool and it made for a nice walk. We reached a spot about a third the way in were 8 dirt roads came together. Finally Jackie called one of her friends to get directions to which road we should take to get out of the hub. We took the road to the right of the "t shaped metal sign" that told about Carson trail. We came out finally on the Mormon Emigrant trail three hours later. We found no money on this walk.