Today I woke on my own. amazing right? Today we did not do much. We started the day with some holiday inn express. Then we drove about an hour to Lassen Volcanic. Our plan was to backpack there but because of all of the snow this year the snow was still towering above me. We […]

It wasn’t a bad day by any means, but it won’t go down as the best day of rtxix. We had heard that there was too much snow to backpack, but I wasn’t expecting to not do any hiking. Our plans changes a bunched of time and each time we were let down.When we walked […]

This morning we woke up to find that even more of Lassen was closed than we thought. We decided that we would still go and make the best of it. After an hour drive we arrived to find feet and feet of snow towering above us and it is the first day of summer. Our […]

This morning we woke up at 4:30 a.m. the earliest we have woken up all trip. We quickly got dressed and put all of our food back into the car then we were off. We were on the trail right after sunrise when we started going up. It was a lot less steep that I […]

Today started at 4:30 am. Way to early. We packed up our yurt. Then we drove about half an hour to Yosemite Falls. After that we walked to the trail head. We had to walk through a camp to throw out my parents grabage. I have to say I was really nervous about this hike. […]

Fierce. Warriors. Beasts. Badasses. Fearless. Hikers. The only way to sum up what Zoe and Ellie did today. I’m so proud. My heart is bursting. After a surprisingly good night’s sleep (for me) we woke up at 4:30. It was still pitch black as we reloaded the car with every scented item it holds. All […]