My name is Madeleine, but I go by Maddie with family and friends. I’m a beginner backpacker but I have always felt close to nature. When I’m not hiking, I work full time as a horse trainer outside of Sacramento in California. I made a conscious decision fall of 2023 to reconnect with nature to emotionally heal from a major relationship trauma and you will read about achieving my goal of hiking the Tahoe Rim Trail as my first thru hike.
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Tahoe Rim Trail – Day 12
Mile 182.44 Last day on the trail. I’m filled with so much emotions today. It was both sad and a relief to be packing up my bag this last morning.
Tahoe Rim Trail – Day 11
Mile 166.6 I couldn’t help but to take a slow morning packing up. Star Lake was serene after last nights thunderstorms so I really wanted to enjoy
Tahoe Rim Trail – Day 10
Mile 148.4 Felt so good to wake up in a bed and sleep in! We weren’t heading for the trailhead until 8:15 am so I slept in until 7 am. Then I had
Tahoe Rim Trail – Day 9
Mile 139.03 I didn’t sleep great. I don’t think I fell asleep until around midnight. If you have been the victim of infidelity and deceit by a
Tahoe Rim Trail – Day 8
Mile 124.99 Slept quite well this last two nights. Getting used to all the sounds and I’m not so anxious about the thought of bears anymore. Or
Tahoe Rim Trail – Day 7
Mile 109.8 Another day, another pack up. Two of the hikers staying at the camp had already packed up and left when I got up at 6 am. We were all
Tahoe Rim Trail – Day 6
Mile 95.05 Was feeling a bit slow waking up. I’ve been trying to get up at 6 am and start my morning routine to pack up and eat breakfast so I can
Tahoe Rim Trail – Day 5
Mile 80.59 It’s a bear! Don’t panic. Stay calm. Don’t panic. Right as I’m stepping out of my tent in the morning I see a bear wandering down the
Tahoe Rim Trail – Day 4
Mile 67.08 Waking up in a bed felt so nice! Getting out of bed was a different feeling, my calves were so stiff and tight I couldn’t flex them to
Tahoe Rim Trail – Day 3
Mile 51.56 OMG, I’m going crazy. The mosquitoes are so bad, my body is full of red itchy and bumpy spots and as soon as I went outside the tent