Adventure 011, Tagged Person 047, Megan B

Gary with Megan B beside him at the start of the South Shore hike

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Adventure: 011, Tagged Person 047, Megan B

Team: YOLT

Date:  October 20, 2013

Location: Millerton State Park

Description:
We met Megan B on a meetup hike a couple of months ago on a hike to Hobler Lake. Last week, we even drove to Monterey together. So it is fitting that she is in one of our adventure pictures See Adventure 005, Hike 063.

Adventure 011, Tagged Person 047, Konnie from our meetup

Konnie and Sherri walking the coastal trail

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Adventure: 011, Tagged Person 047, Konnie from our meetup

Team: YOLT

Date:  October 16, 2013

Location: Asilomar State Beach

Description:
Konnie just loves to hike. So on this meetup hike, Gary and her clamered over rocks and into the water. We even got a picture of her walking with Sherri See Adventure 005, Hike 062.

Adventure 011, Tagged Person 049-Chris

Gary and Chris on top of Forester Pass

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Adventure: 011, Tagged Person 049-Chris

Team: YOLT

Date:  July 15, 2013

Location: Forester Pass

Description:
Chris and his friend Steve kept us company on top of Forester Pass while his father climbed up the pass. We talked for awhile up there. Then both groups started down the south side of the pass. We would keep together the next several days, topping Whitney about the same time. See Adventure 005, Hike 040.

Adventure 011, Tagged Person 046, John C, Ranger-Interpreter at Ft Tejon

Gary and John C-ranger-interpreter at Ft Tejon

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Adventure: 011, Tagged Person 046, John C, Ranger-Interpreter at Ft Tejon

Team: YOLT

Date:  July 12, 2013

Location: Ft Tejon

Description:
John C is a ranger interpter at Ft Tejon State Historical Park. We enjoyed hearing what he had to say about the fort. Read more in our Adventure 006, Ranger 04.

Adventure 011, Tagged Person 032, Steven J

Steven J and Gary

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Adventure: 011, Tagged Person 032, Steven J

Team: YOLT
Date:  August 17, 2013
Location: Roads End

Description:
Steven J is the brother of Peter J. We have known him, and his brother, for 20+ years. See Adventure 005, Hike 052.

Adventure 011, Tagged Person 031, Peter J

Peter J and Gary on Zumwalt Trail

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Adventure: 011, Tagged Person 031, Peter J

Team: YOLT
Date:  August 17, 2013
Location: Zumwalt Meadow

Description:
Peter J, we have known him since he was two years old. He grew up with our kids and we enjoy spending time with him. See Adventure005, Hike 051 .

Adventure 011, Tagged Person 032, Doug D

Gary and Doug D at Knapp's Cabin

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Adventure: 011, Tagged Person 032, Doug D

Team: YOLT
Date:  August 17, 2013
Location: Knapp's Cabin

Description:
Doug D is part of our house church. We have known Doug for much of his life and have enjoyed him See Adventure 003, Site 028 .

Adventure 011, Tagged Person 030, Lee F

Lee F next to Gary on our Hobler Lake trip

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Adventure: 011, Tagged Person 030, Lee F

Team: YOLT
Date:  August 14, 2013

Location: Courtright Reservoir
Description:
Lee F is one of the organizers for our meetup group. We have hiked with him several times, along with his wife Donna. To read about the hike which we went on with him, see Adventure 005, Hike 050 to Hobler Lake.

Adventure 011, Tagged Person 029, Lindy B

Gary and Lindy B at Camp Curry

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Adventure: 011, Tagged Person 029, Lindy B

Team: YOLT

Date:  August 8, 2013

Location: Yosemite Valley

Description:
Sherri met Lindy B through a social networking site. They sort of noticed each other because of a mutual love of backpackpacking and backpacking long distances. Libdy B, Blue Butterfly on the Trail, has done the PCT and now is doing a return engagement to do the JMT. So we invited her to spend a night in Fresno before taking her on up to Yosemite. In Yosemite, we stopped by historic Camp Curry. See Adventure 003, Hike 027 for more info.

Adventure 011, Tagged Person 028, Ann U

Sherri, Gary and Ann U at the Glacier Point Trailside Museum

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Adventure: 011, Tagged Person 028, Ann U

Team: YOLT

Date:  August 8, 2013

Location: Glacier Point, Yosemite

Description:
We only met Ann U the night before going to Yosemite. She came into Fresno to hike the John Muir Trail with a friend of Sherri's—Lindy B. So we were able to give her a mini-tour of Yosemite, wich included the historical Glacier Point Trailside Museum See Adventure 003, Hike 026 for more info.

Adventure 011, Tagged Person 027, Mike W

Mike W and Gary on a big stump

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Adventure: 011, Tagged Person 027, Mike W

Team: YOLT

Date:  August 3, 2013

Location: Big Stump, Kings Canyon

Description:
We now have the other half of the Mike and Carol team. Like Carol, we know Mike W through our house church. Enjoyed having Mike with us on this hike. See Adventure 005, Hike 045 for more info.

Adventure 011, Tagged Person 026, Sam D

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Gary, Sam D and the Anderson Welcome Center

Adventure: 011, Tagged Person 026, Sam D

Team: YOLT

Date:  July 29, 2013

Location: Anderson

Description:
Sam D is Gary's Dad/ We are traveling to Oregon and stopped in Anderson to eat and see the Welcome Center there. See Adventure 141, Center 02.

Adventure 011, Tagged Person 025, Bernice D

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Sherri, Bernice and Curvy Road

Adventure: 011, Tagged Person 025, Bernice D

Team: YOLT

Date:  July 29, 2013

Location: Red Bluff

Description:
Gary has known Bernice D for awhile, actually from birth. You see, she is his mother. We are traveling to Oregon and stopped in Red Bluff for a few minutes. See Adventure 225.

Adventure 011, Tagged Person 050, Mark

Sherri and Mark at the Sentinel Dome Trailhead

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Adventure: 011, Tagged Person 050, Mark

Team: YOLT

Date:  July 24, 2013

Location: Sentinel Dome

Description:
Mark is a friend of our son Steven. He went up on the Sentinel Dome night hike right before he returned back to Los Angeles. See Adventure 005, Hike 056.

Adventure 011, Tagged Person 045-Matt and Derek

Sherri with two of the singers-Matt and Derek on top of Glen Pass

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Adventure: 011, Tagged Person 045-Matt and Derek

Team: YOLT

Date:  July 14, 2013

Location: Glen Pass

Description:
Matt and Derek and the rest of their group passed us while we were climbing Glen Pass. Not only did they pass us while we were gasping for breath, they were singing! We caught up with them at 11,990' where they consented to have their picture taken. See Adventure 005, Hike 039.

Adventure 011, Tagged Person 044, Caroline and Lea from the Bay Area

Caroline, Lea and Sherri at Dollar Lake

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Adventure: 011, Tagged Person 044, Caroline and Lea from the Bay Area

Team: YOLT

Date:  July 13, 2013

Location: Dollar Lake

Description:
Caroline and Lea stayed at Woods Creek, a little ways from where we stayed. As we were hiking towards Rae Lakes, they would play leap-frog with us. We found out that they were a couple of friends from the Bay Area who hiked together.. We both stopped at Dollar Lake. Sherri started talking with them and we got a picture.. See Adventure 005, Hike 038.

Adventure 011, Tagged Person 041, Larry from Green Bay

Sherri and Larry from Green Bay on top of Pinchot Pass

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Adventure: 011, Tagged Person 041, Larry from Green Bay

Team: YOLT

Date:  July 12, 2013

Location: Pinchot Pass

Description:
We met Paul and Larry around McDermond Lake on the way up to Pinchot Pass. At the Pass we had Larry pose with us for a picture, Paul posed with us at Muir Pass. We have been traveling with them off and on for the past few days. See Adventure 005, Hike 037.

Adventure 011, Tagged Person 042, Jim

Jim and Gary at Piute Creek

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Adventure: 011, Tagged Person 042, Jim

Team: YOLT
Date:  July 7, 2013
Location: Piute Creek

Description:
This is a different Jim than yesterday's. Yesterdays was from around Santa Cruz; today's is from the Chico area. Jim and Sherri talked about trail food for about a mile, with Jim giving us a helpful hint on where to get dehydrated chicken. See Adventure 005, Hike 032.

Adventure 011, Tagged Person 039, Jim and Isaac

Jim from UCSC, Gary and Isaac from India

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Adventure: 011, Tagged Person 039, Jim and Isaac

Team: YOLT
Date:  July 6, 2013
Location: Seldon Pass

Description:
We met Jim on top of Seldon Pass he was waiting for his meetup group from Santa Cruz. In talking with him, he is a programmer at UCSC. A little while later Isaac came up the trail. We had seen him at VVR a couple of days earlier. He was trying to do the JMT on the cheap and light. But he was concerned about running out of food-he is only seventeen from India. See Adventure 005, Hike 031.

Adventure 011, Tagged Person 038, Fritz W

Sherri and Fritz at Bear Ridge Trailhead

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Adventure: 011, Tagged Person 038, Fritz W

Team: YOLT
Date:  July 5, 2013
Location: Start of Bear Ridge Trail

Description:
On the Trail, some people come into your life and stay there for a long time. We actually met Fritz a few days earlier at Red's Meadow. We then hiked with him for a few days before he went on. At Edison Lake, Fritz and his wife Ethel allowed us to stay with them in their room. He then drove us about two miles to the Bear Ridge Trailhead. I suspect we will be seeing more of Fritz and Ethel for awhile  ² . See Adventure 005, Hike 030.