Ripley A. La Cross

Coming to a Close + Where I’m Going From Here

by Ripley A. La Cross
August 9, 2017May 16, 2018

(This blog entry is from my Patreon blog, where you can see my PCT blog entries before anywhere else, as well as support me financially… Read More »Coming to a Close + Where I’m Going From Here

Drawings and Doodles from June and July! Part II

by Ripley A. La Cross
August 9, 2017May 16, 2018

Hello readers! It’s time for the monthly art dump for you all to enjoy. These are drawings I did on trail/in town in June and… Read More »Drawings and Doodles from June and July! Part II

Drawings and Doodles from June and July! Part I

by Ripley A. La Cross
August 9, 2017May 16, 2018

Hello readers! It’s time for the monthly art dump for you all to enjoy. These are drawings I did on trail/in town in June and… Read More »Drawings and Doodles from June and July! Part I

Persistence Creates Toughness

by Ripley A. La Cross
July 7, 2017May 16, 2018

ESCAPE FROM MOJAVE Last time we met our hero, they were recovering from heat exhaustion in Hiker Town, just outside of Mojave, CA. It was… Read More »Persistence Creates Toughness

Drawings and Doodles from May

by Ripley A. La Cross
June 21, 2017May 16, 2018

Hello readers! It’s time for the monthly art dump for you all to enjoy. These are drawings I did on trail/in town in the last… Read More »Drawings and Doodles from May

Actual Trudging

by Ripley A. La Cross
June 20, 2017May 16, 2018

So, let’s talk about how much I hate the desert. I grew up in Michigan, where the winters are characteristically cold and dry, with at… Read More »Actual Trudging

Build a Bridge and Get Over It

by Ripley A. La Cross
June 9, 2017May 16, 2018

Here I am, in Palmdale. Yet again I’ve caught something and I’m down for the count. At least this time I knew what I came… Read More »Build a Bridge and Get Over It

It’s always something isn’t it?

by Ripley A. La Cross
May 25, 2017May 26, 2019

Day 21 Believe it or not, it’s actually difficult for me to write romantically about things I’m currently experiencing. This is probably why for the… Read More »It’s always something isn’t it?

But It Builds Character, Right?

by Ripley A. La Cross
May 16, 2017May 16, 2018

I don’t even know what day of the hike this is. Let’s see, if we started on April 30th and today is May 11th… this… Read More »But It Builds Character, Right?

Making Friends

by Ripley A. La Cross
May 4, 2017May 16, 2018

Day 3 I awoke with a sore throat. What the heck? Maybe it was all the huffing and puffing I did up the hill yesterday,… Read More »Making Friends