Category Archives: Art

Day Fourteen – Onyx Summit Trail to Doble Camp

Posted on June 7, 2025 by TheJessicaness

Caleb and I sleep in. It’s already 9am when we’re making breakfast in the room because the hotel does not offer it as pictured and advertised. We grab Gert and drive back to Hiker Haven to pick up Trailer Park … Continue reading →

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Day Ten – Meeting the Mayor of Idyllwild

Posted on June 3, 2025 by TheJessicaness

My bladder wakes me in the night and unfamiliar voices make me stir hours later but don’t bother me enough to even open the tent door as they seem to fade into the distance. When I finally get off my … Continue reading →

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Day Seven – San Diego to Pocatello

Posted on May 31, 2025 by TheJessicaness

We are up at 420 and I grab a mint from the front desk on the way to our Uber. I’m able to write 29 paragraphs on the first flight and edit them while we wait to park at our … Continue reading →

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Driving the Width of Two South Dakotas

Posted on May 5, 2025 by TheJessicaness

Apparently, I looked the part as the hotel clerk commented as much when we arrived around 6 pm. But I’m getting ahead of myself. We started in Kennebec, South Dakota, this morning, just minutes behind the sun, clocking in for … Continue reading →

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Honey Sioux Falls Corn

Posted on May 4, 2025 by TheJessicaness

It took me a while to write about yesterday, and I stayed up past bedtime to get it done. I could smell the laundry soap on my towels and pillows, a scent that will be rare once I’m hiking on … Continue reading →

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