The Tahoe Rim Trail is a trail that goes 165 miles around the perimeter of Lake Tahoe in California & Nevada. They have it separated into 8 sections so you can finish it without having to do the entire trail at once.

With the hike I did on Saturday, I've now completed all 165 miles! I had wanted to complete it last year, but my mother's illness made that impossible. I mentioned this to the TRT Association person on the phone, and she said, "Some people take ten years!" I found that funny, since the trail was only completed in 2001. :)



* 5-20-07 | 12.2 mi | Spooner Summit to Kingsbury Grade | Blog | Gallery
* 7-15-07 | 22.8 mi | Kingsbury Grade to Big Meadows | Blog | Gallery
* 7-29-07 | 17.5 mi | Big Meadows to Echo Lakes | Blog | Gallery
* 8-26-07 | 16.7 mi | Barker Pass to Tahoe City | Blog" | Gallery
* 9-8-07 & 9-9-07 (overnight) | 32.5 mi | Echo Lake to Barker Pass | Blog | Gallery1 | Gallery2
* 9-22-07 (snowed out) | 23.1 mi | Tahoe Meadows to Spooner Summit | No Blog | Gallery
* 8-16-08 | 23.1 mi | Tahoe Meadows to Spooner Summit | No Blog | Gallery
* 8-30-08 | 18.9 mi | Brockway Summit to Tahoe Meadows | Blog | Gallery
* 9-6-08 | 19.2 mi | Tahoe City to Brockway Summit | Blog | Gallery

A couple of the hikes varied slightly from the postings. Brockway Summit to Tahoe Meadows, for instance, we climbed Mt. Rose, which added 5 miles to the total.

I'm now a member of the 165 Mile Club, and eagerly await my certificate. Next up: Mt. Whitney in two weeks! Woo!

Saturday was my final Tahoe Rim Trail hike. That's right, I've now completed all 165 miles! For a while now I've not brought my DSLR because it's so big, but I also didn't have any pictures. This time, I decided to bring it and deal with the extra weight.

I played around, trying to attach the camera bag to myself. It's amazing with a bag that size, it's a game because you have to have the camera accessible or you won't use it, but the camera's so big, it gets in the way of mobility. I attached it to the pack's waist belt, and latched it so it wouldn't swing around. It worked surprisingly well, although it still got in the way of my left leg a bit.

So, yes, I'm back! I slept in until 10:30 yesterday morning, and enjoyed every minute. My wife told me she's glad I finished the TRT, that the day after I'm always grouchy and sore. Hmmph!



Like the last one, this one had views of Lake Tahoe for quite a while. In fact, as we started there was a great view as we ascended.


Here's a quick Google Earth view of the entire trail, this one according to the trail posting was 19.2 miles. At the end, the GPS showed 19.5 miles, but National Geographic TOPO! only showed 18.86. Well, close enough.


Also unlike many of the segments, this one wasn't stuck under trees the whole time, we could actually see quite a bit. The person who took this picture managed to get my gut in the sun. Thanks.


About 13 miles in there was a nice lake we got to relax by. Believe me, we relaxed. A couple people swam.


So that's it, everyone, I've completed the 165-mile Tahoe Rim Trail. This is the end-of-trail kiosk. There's one at every trailhead and trail-end.


Finally, the whole group, tired from hiking and awaiting food.


A little later I'll post an overview of the entire Tahoe Rim Trail.

I actually felt well enough to try jogging yesterday. I kept the pace slow, 11 min/mile, and it went pretty good. I had to stop after 4.5 miles though, I was starting to have indigestion and I didn't want it to progress to the next level. Then this morning, I woke up at 160 pounds. I guess if I'm going to get something out of being sick, weight loss is a good thing to have!

No workout today, I'm going to REI at lunch. The final TRT hike is tomorrow.

Hello, everyone. I've been posting here and there but haven't had a chance to explain what's been going on with me the past few days.

Saturday I did my TRT hike. Sunday I was tired, no more than usual after a long hike. The same with Monday during the day. I found out Monday that my son has tapeworm, so he had to be home from school a few days.

Monday afternoon we went to Sam's Club & Walmart, did some shopping for my mom, then came home. On the way to our house, we saw the fire aircraft overhead, and when we got to our street, we were told there was a mandatory evacuation and we had to get ready to leave as quickly as possible.

We went to my in-laws house, which is about 10 miles from where we live. Halfway there, my son said, "What's that smell? It smells like throw-up." We didn't smell anything, but just then my 2-year-old daughter threw up ALL over the backseat. We were lucky in the fact that we were right next to Mervyn's, so I went in and bought a big towel to mop up the mess. Once cleaned up, we drove the rest of the way to my in-laws.

She seemed to be doing better, so we put the kids to bed while I checked out the online news about the evacuation. By 8:15 they were letting people back home, but because the kids were down we decided to stay put. My wife and I went to bed. The next morning I found out that both girls (2 & 4) were throwing up all night and my wife and both in-laws were up and down with them. I was completely unaware this had happened, I guess I was pretty out of it.

Thing is, I had an unusually hard time opening my eyes. In fact while getting ready and driving to work, I felt like I just couldn't break out of sleep. My stomach was also a bit woozy. Once at work, I started feeling progressively worse. I felt like I was going to have diarhea, felt like I'd vomit, but never did. I was sweating like crazy and at one point I even asked someone what the temp was. I was definitely going to head home, but had an outstanding issue here at work that needed to be resolved first. I went into the restroom.

I tried to go but it didn't happen. The sweating got worse and was getting unbearable. I put my head back to lean up against the wall.

I woke up on the floor. The strange thing is, I didn't question it. My only thought was that I'd better get up, because people would see me under the stall with my pants down, and that would be silly. I got back onto the toilet and wiped the sweat off my face. There was a bit of blood, but again for some reason I didn't question it. After a minute or so I went into the break room where there's a cot, and lie down there for about 10 minutes.

I went back to my office to find the situation had sort of resolved itself, so I decided to head home. I basically lay down on the couch for two hours until my wife got home. When I went into the restroom, I noticed a cut on my forehead and found that I had a bump. It's obvious that I passed out. I'm still in a quandry as to why I didn't question being on the floor! I think I figured that I had lay down there, but come on... why would I lie down, pants around my legs, on the nasty restroom-stall floor where people could see me underneath the barrier? Right.

I rode out the rest of the evening and we finally all went to bed. Yesterday morning I got dressed and headed to work as usual, although my stomach was still a bit upset. I called my wife to check on the kids, only to find that she now had what I had but worse. She was both vomiting and had diarhea, and with my son having tapeworm and being home, she had all three kids to take care of. I told her I'd come home and help.

So I took the kids to McDonald's for lunch (a rarity), then to the park. I found I couldn't really play with them much because my stomach was still a bit upset. Anyway this got the kids away for a few hours so my wife could rest.

Fastforward to last night, my wife was still having stomach pain but was doing much better. My son kept saying he felt like he was going to throw up and sure enough, he started around 7:30. He was sick all night.

This morning my wife is feeling better. I'm finally 100%, and may give running a go in a little bit. My son hasn't thrown up all morning.

So anyway guys, that's my three days. How you been?