Category: Daily log
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Two weeks later: looking back
Here, I’ve collected my thoughts and some writing from local journalists that really helped me makes sense of just what I saw on my hike. I can only speak from what I saw, as one man from way up north. When I started, I really didn’t know what I would find, other than a TON…
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Day 4: Let’s never do that again
It’s been a while since I’ve had vegetables. I’m mostly been eating what’s near the road, what’s cheap, and what’s fast. So a lot of fast food, street tacos, and donuts. I’ll usually try to get an apple and yogurt at breakfast but I’ve learned Motel 6 doesn’t give you a mini fridge. I ate…
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Day 3: Starting to be less awful
I seem to always begin my days with having to cross a freeway. This time it was the Orange Freeway, though thankfully I was able to use an underpass without having to deal with the ramps. The highlight of the morning was a little rest at the Charter Oak branch of the LA County Library.…
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Day 2: I really am stupid
34k (21 miles) today?! What was I on?! That kind of distance to walk in a day is already crazy, but my dumb ass didn’t consider the heat. Things started off pretty nicely. I had a bottle of electrolytes in hand, lightened my pack by leaving my Thomas Guide with the innkeeper (again, what was…
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Day 1: Instant regret
After leaving downtown San Bernardino at 7am before the heat set in, and feeling partly recovered from Sunday’s race, I was immediately forced to cross the 215 freeway. Crossing the on ramps was more than a little terrifying, since the drivers didn’t stop despite me getting a walk signal. Even still, I wasn’t the only…
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A preview
San Bernardino now, staying downtown. It’s the 2nd biggest city in the Inland Empire (or IE for short), a cluster of cities with a population around 4.5 million, and is the inland part of the Los Angeles-Riverside-Anaheim megalopolis that sprawls across Southern California. It’s remarkable that despite being home to such a large population, the…