Month: May 1996

  • Day 17 (Tape)

    Well I got one last ah fleeting glimpse of the Festival of Calories last night when, after being high and eating too much pizza, and swallowing a piece wrong I woke up and felt truly bloated and almost on the edge of vomiting once more. And ah, but today ah, its a I can actually…

  • Day 17

    Big Bear Lake is below us to the left, the Mojave on the right. The day is full of social adjustments as we hike through the morning with our new friends Chris and John. Everyone is behaving differently around unfamiliar people. Fresh conversations spring up, differences in pace become apparent. By the end of the…

  • Day 16 (Pete)

    Day 16 I think: Since I mail these off at each town I don’t really have the luxury off referencing yesterdays to be sure. Its Wednesday. I’m pretty sure. May 1st, maybe 2nd. The date display on my point and shoot reads May second. It could be wrong. I only like the feature because it…

  • Day 16 (Tape)

    Well the Festival of Calories has been going strong all day long. It been a pretty indulgent day I can safely say. I’ve pretty much been stuffed since we got to town. I feel stuffed right now. But ah, we picked, we’ve ah, we came into town and we both huevos rancheros and another basket…

  • Day 16

    Never have I known such gluttony. Our ability to consume seems superhuman. Just as we reach the brink of vomiting, we take care of our various tasks, then go back and eat again. We, along with a few other equally grimy hikers that we run into (like John here), eat all that is edible in…