Backpacking the John Muir Trail
Just recently, I returned from a backpacking trip on the John Muir Trail. My twin sister Leigh, by sheer persistence, wrangled the permits that allowed us to leave from Happy Isles in Yosemite. Our intention was to finish at Mt. Whitney, but we chose to exit earlier due to a large and growing forest fire that jumped the middle fork of the King’s River while we were hiking. The fire is called the Rough Fire and as of today it has grown to 79,000 acres and only 25% contained. ...