Reading Time: < 1 minute After packing up my tent and gear, I said goodbye to my new friend Bill in Morongo Valley and headed toward Yucca Valley, 12 miles away. My dear friend Alice Camille, a well-known and respected Catholic writer, had set up an introduction for me at St. Mary of the Valley church, and although I was […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes If today had been Day 1, I am not sure there would have been a Day 2. I was on the road at 6 AM and saw a beautiful sunrise. As predicted, it was sand and more sand. When two hours later I finally hit some asphalt pavement, I thought my troubles were over. To […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute It was a 14 mile day, but that does not begin to tell the half of it. The billboard, however, tells it all. I followed the directions out of Banning given to me by no fewer than three veteran non-car travelers. But this business about having to work on a complicated walking route to avoid […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Probably the best day I’ve had on the road. I packed up my gear and was back on San Timoteo Canyon Road at 6:40 am. At first, it was more two-lane blacktop, but when I crossed into Beaumont, CA, the road changed dramatically, with a WIDE sidewalk to walk on, and no need to pay […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute I walked 14 miles today, but didn’t mean to. Google Maps was not my friend, and did not take me to my intended destination. But I liked walking along the San Timoteo Creek bike and walking path, as well as on San Timoteo Canyon Rd. (even though it’s a two-lane blacktop and constant traffic vigilance […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute My day began early, about 5am. In spite of the Mexican music that went on until 2:30 am (I’m actually a fan, and love the tuba bass lines and the staccato accordion fills), I slept deeply when I was sleeping, and fell back to sleep without much difficulty. I broke “camp,” and was at IHOP 1/2 […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Although I did not put on a lot of mileage today (about 10 miles), it was in other ways a satisfying day. Although Haven Avenue in Ontario was anything but a haven yesterday when I was struggling to get past Ontario airport, it was more amenable today, taking me via sidewalks all the way to the […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute On the fourth day I rested. I decided to give my legs, knees, feet, and toes a break today. I sat in the Jacuzzi a few times, and took the hotel shuttle to the mall to buy a pair of trail shoes at North Face. But mostly I thought about the last few days, the […]