Moose is Up

We've been watching Moose-man as he travels on and on. He has now hiked approximately 115 miles on his two little feet. It looks like Moose spent last night just below Silver Pass, which is 10,750 feet in elevation. The lowest point he hiked yesterday was 7,900 feet. Klamath Falls is approximately 4,100 feet, as a comparison. Crater Lake is at 7,100 feet. The top of Mt Scott, which Ken ran up for training is at 8,100 feet and Mt. McLoughlin, which he also trained on, is at 9,495 feet.

Today Moose went through Selden Pass, which is 10,890 feet up and continued on past a few lakes and other water. He got to wade across Evolution Creek, where is seems he has stopped for the night. He may have made it to McClure Meadow Ranger station, as planned, but it is hard for me to tell. Maps and I are barely on speaking terms most of the time!

As you can see above, Ken is going between Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Moose has written in mileage on the map, so it appears he is near the 115.6 point. No direct communication is available now, so I figure no news is always good news. As long as "SPOT" keeps checking in with the okay signal and keeps moving those little boot prints along, all is well enough.

Tonight as Keith, Cera, Sarah and myself were gorging on Mia and Pia's outstanding burgers, fries, pizza, and Jonah salads we thought of Dad enduring trail food for dinner. I'd feel sorry for him, but he wanted to do this and he knows the bitterness of burger deprivation and the sweetness of satisfying the burger urge at the end of the trail. So, in his honor, we completely devoured our delicious meal!