Mile 500, and Father's Day phone call

Tuesday Arthur passed the 500 mile mark and reached Hikertown, a group of small buildings in the desert that offers services to hikers. He picked up a resupply box I sent there. 

We talked with Arthur for about a half hour Sunday morning. It was so good to hear his voice, and he is having an amazing time. He said he feels like he is really in a groove and loves living a life of having no worries but getting from point A to point B, waking and resting with the rhythms of the sun. 

And we are super excited to see him in a couple weeks. He will leave the trail around July 1 and we will pick him up around Kennedy Meadows, possibly with one or two of his hiker buddies, and then he will stay in our cabin near Donner Pass for several days and then resume hiking north from here.

Here are some recent photos:


"We saw so much poodle dog brush yesterday. It seems to really like burn areas. It smells really bad like weed. It does have pretty purple flowers though."





Hiking through areas of live oak like this reminded him of places we hike in the Bay Area.

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