Day 1: Heading north

Black and white image showing Pete Parsons tent in the foreground with mountains in the distance. The image is tilted off of level.

“April 12, 1924. I left Douglas Arz. yesterday at 1 pm and headed north along a road that goes up to some ranches up in Spring Valley. I carried about a gallon of water to start with, but I found out after a while that it was not necessary as I could get water at the ranches. It was cloudy and raining at times, I hiked barefoot.”

Page 1 of Pete Parsons 1924 journal