Town days are always an incentive to get up early. We did despite a poor night’s sleep (it was unusually warm with no breeze), and busted out 8 downhill, poison oak-filled miles through dense forest to reach the frontage road we’d take to the post office. We managed to arrive just at the right time. A few trout fishermen were just leaving the Sacramento River and offered us a ride in. We gladly accepted and arrived to find the place closed. The hours had changed since our guidebook was published so as it turns out we didn’t have to get up as early as we had. It wasn’t a huge loss – the convenience store next door was well-stocked and we had a second breakfast while we waited.
Two other hikers, Chops and Cartwheel, were both there as well. Chops was going into town too so we all tried to hitch together after getting our resupply box. We didn’t have great luck at the bottom of an interstate ramp and after an hour or so we bit the bullet and called a shuttle to bring us into town. We’d been hoping to get in early and just take a layover, as with Chester, but by the time we arrived and got all our chores done it was late and we hadn’t had any time to relax. The last zero day we had was 300 miles ago in Tahoe, so we cut ourselves some slack and stayed an extra day to heal our blistered feet.
– Posted from the PCT
Location:Pct mile 1506
Hi Keith and Jen, It was a pleasure to give you a ride to the trail from Mt Shasta. Your adventure sounds wonderful. Enjoy your hike.
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Marty
good job look forward to hearing for you!
We met you in Toulomne Meadows enough said
WOW keep us posted! I have enough going right now your great adventure is keeping me going Moore Sailboats is building a 2 person row boat for a trip accoss the Pacific Ocean..LUVS.Ron and Martha
Good to hear you guys are still alive. Keep posting. Do you have “hiker aliases”?
It’s been a while since you’ve posted. I hope all is well. We at Lifetouch miss you Keith! Travel safely.