The Hour of the Pearl
I read a bit from Cannery Row, then shut off my bedside lamp and closed my eyes. The day's heat lingered in the room and I soon...
Middle Fork of the Feather
I wondered to myself about the person who came up with the expression "People in hell want ice water." Who are these anonymous men and...
Cannery Row
Throughout the day hikers slowly funneled into Sierra City and I wondered what the locals thought of us infiltrating their town. A hip,...
Ghosts
"Now and then Pilon and Big Joe passed other searchers who wandered restlessly, zig-zagging among the pines. Their heads were down and...
Steinbeck in the Sierras
It's an odd feeling after the luxuries of town to suddenly find yourself back on the trail, exactly where you left off a day or more ago....
Mammoth Lakes
I turned onto the flat spur trail that would take me towards Mammoth Lakes and practically broke into a sprint, passing day hikers and...